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California State Parks: Paleontology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The California State Parks present an excellent unit to local geology of Borrego Badlands to Salton Trough. Through lessons plans, power point presentations, and a videoconference students will take a closer look into fossils and the...
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University of California

History Project: Debate Over the California Constitutional Convention, 1878 1879

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on immigration, conflict and nativism in which students examine primary source documents to evaluate public policy and attitudes towards Chinese immigrants in California, 1878-1879.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Immigration: Framing Soo Hoo Lem Kong

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource presents a primary lesson plan that looks at primary sources to learn about Chinese immigration to California.
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University of California

University of California, Los Angeles: Children of the Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
In his own words, an American physician describes the devastating effects of the atomic bomb dropped in Nagasaki during World War II. Included is an online collection of images of the aftermath, videos, lesson plans, oral history...
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University of California

Ucmp: Sequencing Time

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan in which students place events in sequence, comparing their life to the history of the Earth.
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University of California

Cal Heritage Collection: Using Primary Sources

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource covers what primary sources are, where we can find them, and how we can assess them in the classroom.