California Exploring History Through Primary Sources

ISBN: 0-7439-3939-5

Price: $129.00

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods. Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Each kit also meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents. Photographs: Royal Presidio of Monterey; Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo; California flag; Sutter's Mill; Chinese immigrants working in the mines; Mono Indian home; Biddy Mason portrait; Portrait of Cesar Chavez. Other items: California currency 1782-1879; Map of Californian exploration; Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California; Japanese American relocation flyer from World War II; Union Pacific Railroad poster; Constitution of the State of California; Spanish galleon ship; American Indian clam shell money. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.