Unit: 1 2 3 4 5

Unit 1: People and Place

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: What Did John Muir See?
• Activity: Exploring California's Regions
• Internet Resources

Unit 2: Colonial California

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: California Missions in Art
• Activity: Life of a Mission — From Beginning to Now
• Internet Resources

Unit 3: Newcomers Change California

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: Two Constitutions
• Activity: Traveling to the Gold Rush
• Internet Resources

Unit 4: Growth and Development

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: The Chinese Experience at Angel Island
• Activity: The Pony Express
• Internet Resources

Unit 5: Modern California

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: Photographs of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
• Activity: The Internment of Japanese-Americans During World War II
• Internet Resources

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