#08-270: The Luck of Roaring Camp

Buildings of the former Roaring Camp in Calaveras County, CA (Wikipedia)

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Note: A little boy is born in a rough mining camp, and the miners believe he brings them luck. Turns out, he's not so lucky himself.

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Get Ready: Do you believe that luck is a real thing? Or at least, that people's belief in luck change things?

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#08-113: The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Forty-niner at a sluice
(Wikipedia)

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Note: A group of ne'er-do-wells is exiled from a California mining camp--and proves they're better than most of the townsfolk!

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Get Ready: What makes a person good or bad? Do you think we can ever properly judge the moral worth of others?

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