GENRE: BIOGRAPHY
a fast system of delivering good or mails
VOCABULARY
trying hard to succeed
EXPRESS:
AMBITIOUS:
ESTABLISH:
VENTURE:
DESTINATION:
to start, create, or begin
a risky new beginning
Let's BROWSE!
the place to which someone or something is supposed to go
What do you think this story has to do with business?
GOOD READERS:
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
- Discovered in Sutter's Mill on Jan. 24, 0848
- Thousands of people came to California
- Wells Fargo & Company (connecting East and West)
Body
Biography
A real person's life
Body
Important Information about Life and events
Body
What other people influenced US or your home country?
Body
Autobiography
Body
- Two men influential in the growth and development of the West
- Basic rules of business: ______________________________________
- Delivery and financial empire
Henry Wells and William G. Fargo
by Edward F. Dolan, Jr.
WORD KNOWLEDGE
- 1. Mail the package as quickly as possible.
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- 2. They would pay dearly for their crimes.
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- 3. Offices in the mining towns would need safes.
- 4. Kilimanjaro is a very tall mountain located in Africa.
What makes a good business partner?
Why are some people better than others at spotting business opportunities?
ACTIVATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
- Familiar with story
- California, Gold Rush?