Training Update
Class cancellation.
There will be no volunteer class tonight, Thursday, January 25. Class resumes on Saturday, January 27.
MGDSHP Docents and Volunteers!
Bone up on gold rush history and meet our newest recruits.
You are cordially invited to attend any of the upcoming docent training session to sharpen your interpretation skills and/or refresh your knowledge of Coloma and Gold Rush history. This is also an excellent opportunity to get to know our newest docents.
Following are the topics being covered. If you would like to attend any of these session, please email jerrie.beard@parks.ca.gov or call (530) 622-1048.
Saturday, January 27 10a.m.- 3 p.m.
Eureka Program Training – panning, pokes, wagons ho
Jean Brown will be going over how to engage a class of 4th graders from the get go and keep them engaged, and tips and tricks on how to maintain order in the class. This will be in the museum theater at 10 a.m. this Saturday. She has also offered to be on call for anyone desiring additional coaching or who has questions.
Lunch
Gold Discovery Tour
California Gold Rush
Placer Mining
Thursday, February 1 5:30-8 p.m.
Timeline of events surrounding Gold Discovery
Background history leading up to Gold Discovery
Manifest Destiny
Sutter’s Fort
Mexican War
Mormon Battalion
Gold Discovery
Coloma Valley
James Marshall and Sutter's Mill
Mormon Workers
Wimmer Family
Story of the Gold Discovery
Thursday, February 8 5:30-8 p.m.
Interpretation
Period Correctness
Saturday, February 10 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
House tour
Lunch
Mining methods/geology
Period Appropriate Clothing
Thursday, February 15 5:30-8 p.m.
Cultures of Coloma
Nisenan/Miwok
African Americans
Latin Americans
Chinese
Europeans
Thursday, February 22 5:30-8 p.m.
Growth and Decline of Coloma
Natural History of Coloma
