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

     
4

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 California History Online
Glencoe has created this wonderful online resource about California. There are many links within each of these categories to learn from: California's History; California's Government; California's Economy; California's Geography; California Fun Facts.
http://glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/ca/ca_online.html
     
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
     
4 - Adult Talking History
University at Albany, State University of New York's mission is to provide teachers, students, researchers and the general public with as broad and outstanding a collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources as is available anywhere.
http://www.talkinghistory.org/
     
5 - 12 Digital History
Online American History Textbook, links to primary sources, lesson plans and guides, student inquiries and activities, and multi-media.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm