California History Curriculum and Resources

California History Study Guide

By Rea Berg, Publisher: Beautiful Feet Books

California History Study Guide is a literature based approach.

The following resources are used in the California History Study Guide and sold separately below:

Grades 4 to 8

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California History Timeline

By Rea Berg, Publisher: Beautiful Feet Books

For use with the California History Study Guide, the California History Timeline has 23 drawings from California's past. Also included is an Explorers Poem which is suitable for memorization.

Grades 4-6

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Blue Willow

By Doris Gates

"A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home."

ISBN-13:
9780140309249

List $6.99

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By the Great Horn Spoon

By Sid Fleischman

Set in the Gold Rush days, By the Great Horn Spoon is a Newbery Award Winner.

ISBN-13:
9780316286121

List $6.99

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Captain Bayley's Heir MP3 Audio CD

Read by Jim Hodges, Written by G. A. Henty, Publisher: Jim Hodges Productions

Captain Bayley's Heir is a tale of the California gold mines. It takes place in the California Gold Fields of 1850's America. Unabridged version of the PrestonSpeed re-printing of this book

Format: MP3 Audio CD, Running Time: 10 hours and 30 minutes

ISBN-13:
9781929756360

Audio CD

List $25.00

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Columbus

By By Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire, Publisher: Beautiful Feet Books

Columbus is "unmatched for an inspiring view on the life of the, greatest mariner of all. Columbus' full life story is told in historical detail with an honest portrayal of this remarkable figure. With the D'Aulaire inimitable style in art and writing they have brought to life the story of the 'Admiral of the Ocean Sea', Christopher Columbus!

It is used in the California History Guide from Beautiful Feet Books.

64 pages, Over sized, full color, Paperback, ages 5 and up

ISBN-13:
9780964380332

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Sale Price $13.95

Cruise of the Arctic Star

By Scott O'Dell, Publisher: Beautiful Feet Books

The Cruise of the Arctic Star takes place along the coast of California when the author and his wife take a voyage. Along the way O'Dell tells stories from California's past.

ISBN-13:
9781893103252

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Dragon's Gate

By Laurence Yep

In Dragon's Gate, a boy goes from China to America to work on the transcontinental railroad in 1867.

ISBN-13:
9780064404891

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

By Scott O'Dell

The story of Karana, the India girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins.

ISBN-13:
9780440439882

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Jessie Benton Fremont- California Pioneer

By Marguerite Higgins, Publisher: Beautiful Feet Books

Jessie Benton Fremont - California Pioneer is the story of the wife of John Fremont, the explorer. She was an abolitionist and helped California gain admission to the Union as a free state.

ISBN-13:
9781893103337

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Patty Reed's Doll

By Rachel K. Laurgaard

A wooden doll recalls the hope with which a group of pioneers begins their journey and the ordeals they face as they travel from Springfield, Illinois, to California in Patty Reed's Doll.

ISBN-13:
9780961735722

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Riders of the Pony Express

By Ralph Moody

Ralph Moody tells the story of the fastest mail delivery system in the west prior to the Civil War in Riders of the Pony Express.

ISBN-13:
9780803283053

Price $14.95

Song of the Swallows

By Leo Politi

The Song of the Swallows tells of the yearly return of the swallows to the Mission San Juan Capistrano.

ISBN-13:
9780892369898

List $16.95

Sale Price $15.49

Zia

By Scott O'Dell

In this sequel to the Newbery Award-winning Island of the Blue Dolphins, Zia tells the story of what happened to Karana.

ISBN-13:
9780440219569

List $6.50

Sale Price $6.00

California Missions Coloring Book

By David Rickman, Publisher: Dover Publishing

In the California Missions Coloring Book there are 21 illustrations of California Spanish missions that were built from 1769 to 1823 along the California coast.

ISBN-13:
9780486273464

Price $4.99

Story of California Gold Rush Coloring Book

By Peter F. Copeland, Publisher: Dover Publishing

There are 40 scenes in the Story of the California Gold Rush Coloring Book. The topics depicted include Sutter's Mill, mining camps, boomtowns, prospectors panning for gold, old San Francisco, and more.

ISBN-13:
9780486258140

Price $3.95

Southwest Indians Coloring Book

By Peter F. Copeland, Publisher: Dover Publishing

In the Southwest Indians Coloring Book there are 40 different illustrations of Indians of the southwest.

ISBN-13:
9780486279640

Price $3.95