4th grade resources
Social Studies
California Vistas- Our Golden State
California studies - lesson summaries
Things to Do in California (plus history, interesting facts, etc.)
California overview from FactMonster
Early California History: An Overview (Library of Congress)
California history overview from the California Historical Society
California overview from TheFreeDictionary.com
California - World Almanac for Kids
California Online (Glencoe)
San Francisco Historical Timeline
History of California (state website)
Internet Public Library - California
California and United States maps
California (Nussbaum)
California crossword
State bird, flower, etc.
California quarter
Study of history - Native Californians (D. Price)
Ohlone tribe website
Acorns Were Food Then
Web de Anza
California Missions Time line
Don Victor Castro Fights the French
Russians in California
Beckwourth Trail
The Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island (by Julia White)
The Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island (MissionCalifornia.com)
The Bear That Looked Like a Pig
Donner Party
Donner online
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
California as I saw it:
First Person Narratives, 1849-1900
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Gold Rush overview (state website)
Gold Rush (Scholastic)
All About the Gold Rush
Pony Express
César Chávez (Scroll down below Gompers) Smithsonian
César Chávez (California Department of Education)
Li Keng Wong's story
More California history links (CERES)
Your Idea Becomes a (State) Law
Virtual tour of San Francisco's Chinatown
Harcourt Brace social studies
SCORE social studies
Online Archive of California
California Digital Library (including historical photos, statistics, e-books)
CalPhotos (People and Culture)
Picture this: California's perspectives on American History (California history photos)
Oakland Museuem
Angel Island State Park
California State Railroad Museum
El Cerrito Historical Society narratives
Contra Costa Historical Society
Tales of Contra Costa
Books from the historical society
Links
History of Richmond, Calif.
California Historical Society (near Montgomery BART)
Educational materials (pamphlets, teachers' guides)