HISTORY CURRICULUM, Grades K-5

CA HISTORY - WEBSITES
This section lists FREE websites. See also "Supplemental" online materials. The "Supplemental" online materials are not free and all have a vendor purchase price.
GRADE
WEBSITE

PUBLISHER
(Vendor)
COPYRIGHT
MEETS CA STANDARDS
3 - 12 The History Net
Website sponsored by the Weider History Group, world's largest publisher of history magazines. The site contains daily features, photo galleries, and over 5,000 articles originally published in their various magazines. To find specific history, try searching their archives.
http://www.historynet.com
      
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Netstate
Includes the following categories for each state: Symbols, almanac, economy, geography, large selection of state maps, more state links, forum, links to California city newspapers, state quiz, CA bookstore.
http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html

      
4 Houghton Mifflin History-Social Science: California Studies, California Edition, 2007
FREE online student activities to coordinate with their 2007 California edition textbook series. Go to the website, click on the grade, click one of the following activities: Unit Bibliographies, Interactive Lesson Summaries, Outline Maps, Graphic Organizers, California Community Handbook, Weekly Reader: Current Events.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/ca/books/bkd/
Teacher Resources
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkd/index.shtml
California state and history weblinks: About California, maps, environment, history, history museums, art museums, Ben's Quick-Facts.
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkd/index.shtml		      
4 California Historical Society
http://californiahistoricalsociety.org/		      
4 Kidport
http://www.kidport.com/

U.S. Presidents; California Missions; Mexican-American War; California Gold Rush
http://www.kidport.com/Grade4/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm