History of California - Directory of Resources[1]
[General Information]
[California Indians]
[California Missions]
[Mexican Period &
Secularization]
[Gold Rush][The
Chinese]
[Great Depression] [Harvest
Gypsies]
General Information
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California Teaching Standards/Lesson Plans |
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| History Course Models for California Teachers |
| Resources and Lessons by Grade Level |
| Framework and Standards |
| Picture This: California Perspectives on American History - This is an educational resource that features primary source images from the Oakland Museum of California’s collections that reflect the rich cultural diversity of California. Its focus is visual literacy and it includes lesson plans for K-12. |
Content Information
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California History Online: Click on
California History Online. This provides a guide to over three hundred years of California
history. This resource includes over 400 images from our fine arts,
library, and photography collections and articles written by James J.
Rawls, the Review Editor for California History
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| Early California History – Developed and maintained by the Library of Congress, American Memory. |
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| California As I Saw It – Developed / maintained by the Library of Congress, American Memory. This site provides first person narratives of individuals living in the State of California (1849 – 1900). |
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| Mexican American Voices. Digital History. |
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California History Lectures -
The Bancroft Library
is pleased to present a series of seven lectures of California
history, first recorded before a live audience in its Edward H.
Heller Reading Room on the University of California, Berkeley
campus and broadcast on
KQED FM. These
one-hour lectures include a 10-minute question and answer period
with the audience, moderated by Dr. Charles Faulhaber, Director
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California Indians
| Alliance of California Tribes - The Alliance of California Tribes (ACT) is a statewide organization of sovereign tribes who work together to strengthen tribal governments on issues ranging from education, energy, protection of tribal cultural and religious interests and economic development, to healthcare and infrastructure. ACT does not deal with issues relating to Indian gaming. See especially California Indians an Historical Perspective - This section reflects the perspective that the history of California Indians serves as a “quintessential lesson of survival and persistence of the human spirit.” For current events of various California Indian tribes see Tribal Links |
| Federally Recognized Indian Tribes – Map and Additional Links |
| Cultural Areas and Languages of Native California |
| The Chumash Indian - Chumash people's daily lives, as well as resources archived by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Visit the museum and experience the Chumash people, "the ones who make shell bead money." |
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California Missions
| Mission of San Juan Capistrano | ||||
| A Mission Record of the California Indians A translation by Alfred Kroeber of answers to the 1811 questionnaire sent by the Spanish viceroy to California missionaries asking questions regarding the Mission Indians, their traditions, and conditions at the missions. Missionaries at sixteen missions responded, some more completely than others. | ||||
| Annotated List of Websites for California Indians. Most links include a drawing of the floor plans of these missions. | ||||
| California Mission History | ||||
| MISSIONS OF SPANISH ERA HAD WIDE INFLUENCE | ||||
| Early California History: An Overview – includes specific links on the California Missions. Good for background information. | ||||
| Information on Father Junipero Serra: You might want to read the biographical information from both these website. Note the different perspectives. | ||||
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Mexican Period & Secularization
Ranchos
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| The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County 1930 Map |
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| The Past in California's Landscape CSU Northridge geography professor David Hornbeck discusses the importance of the rancho in California history. |
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| California's Ranching History |
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| Ranchos of California |
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| Dominguez Ranch Adobe - City of Carson: First land grant by Spanish in Alta California. |
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| Rancho Camulos Museum Extensive information on the history of the Camulos Ranch of Southern California and the museum now located there. Once part of grazing and farmlands attached to Mission San Fernando, it was held by the del Valle family for many decades and became intimately associated with the Ramona legend. Now the property contains an open-air 40 acre museum which has been designated a National Historic Landmark. Information about hours, tours and events, and future plans of the museum are included on the website. |
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| Rancho Los Alamitos - Short guide to Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach. With map. Features monthly educational programs. |
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| Rancho Los Cerritos (Long Beach) History, including timeline 2000-3000 B. C. to 1988. Maps from the original Nieto land grant map through stages of development to 1954. The site includes an extensive section on the rancho's education program and speakers' bureau along with phone numbers for booking a tour or borrowing an educational trunk. |
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| Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana Information on the Grijalva, Yorba, Peralta, and Sepulveda Families |
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| Little Chapters About San Juan Capistrano -Chapter IX: The Beginning and the End |
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California Gold Rush
General Information
| The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. Assess the Gold Rush. | ||||
| Early California History – An Overview. See items 7 – 11. | ||||
| The Gold Rush Sponsored by the Oakland Museum. | ||||
| PBS - THE WEST - California Map | ||||
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California Gold Rush -
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Writers & Culture of Gold Rush
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| California Authors | ||
| PROMISE UNKEPT - More on B. Harte | ||
| Writings | ||
| Bret Harte, The Luck of Roaring Camp | ||
| Dame Shirley, The Eleventh Letter | ||
| Harte The Heathen Chinee | ||
| Bret Harte Tennessee's Partner | ||
| Discovery of Gold, by John A. Sutter - 1848 | ||
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Mark Twain in His Times Homepage
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The Chinese in California
The Great Depression in California
John Steinbeck
The Harvest Gypsies: This is a series of articles written by John Steinbeck. These reflect his research on migrant agricultural workers in California during the Great Depression, and this research provides the basis of his novel, The Grapes of Wrath.
Articles in The Survey Graphic: Thos marked with a * are most relevant to the photo essay project for California History.
| Howe, Hartley E. "You Have Seen Their Pictures" April, 1940 - This article provides an excellent overview of the Farm Security Administration (FSA). The FSA was the agency that employed Dorothea Lange and other photographers whose task was to document with photographs the impact of the Great Depression and the policies of the New Deal. |
| * Taylor, Paul S., and Clark Kerr "Whither Self-Help? "July, 1934 |
| Taylor, Paul S., and Norman Leon Gold "San Francisco and the General Strike "September, 1934 |
| * Taylor, Paul "Again the Covered Wagon" July, 1935 |
| * Penny, Lucrecia "Pea-Pickers' Child July, 1935 |
| Taylor, Paul S. "From the Ground Up" September, 1936 |
| * Friendly, Alfred, "Carrots from California" July, 1939 |
| * Neuberger, Richard L. "Who Are the Associated Farmers?" September, 1939 |
| The New Deal Network
- This website is rich in resources on the decades of the 1930s and 1940s.
The emphasis of these primary sources are the Great Depression and New
Deal. | ||
| Issues of Migrant Farm Labor Today
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