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Information about all 21 California missions.

A resource website for teachers and students researching the California missions.

Land grants in California. Look at the disenos at the end of the document.

Information on California Land Grants

The Gold Rush, film and supporting materials.

How to give a booktalk

WOrdly Wise login for students

"Timelines have become an indispensable part of the learning experience as they enable students to participate more actively in learning and acquire knowledge the easy way. In other words, timelines help students easily understand and memorize events and dates. But how easy it is to create them? Which are the best - and free- tools that you can use? In the following list you will find the TOP 10 FREE Timeline Creation Tools for Teachers that are very effective, free and easy to use. "

Multimedia biographies on various people.

"Yokuts men spent much of their time making hunting and fishing tools. Bows and arrows were built carefully to make them accurate. Young boys used a simple wooden arrow with the end sharpened to a point. With this arrow they could hunt small animals like birds and rabbits. Older boys and men made stone or bone points to put on their arrows. "

How to use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

"The Tongva (/ˈtɒŋvə/ TONG-və) are a Native American people who inhabited the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2).[1] The Tongva are also known as the Gabrieleño, Fernandeño, and Nicoleño["

"The Tongva people are also known as the Gabrielinos. They received this name from the Spanish after the San Gabriel Mission . It has been proven that the Gabrielinos inhabited the area for at least 7000 years. Their land area extended about 9000 square miles. They preferred to live on high ground under the shelter of Oak trees. They also lived on the coastal plains, and near the banks of the coastal rivers."

"The Tongva Tribe lived in the Southern California climate, here the climate is mostly warm. They thought and clothes were not necessary because of the warm beautiful weather."

"The Tongva people lived in tule thatched houses which were hemispherical, or shaped like cones. "

"The Tongva told stories about the world around them. Storytelling was an important folklore tradition. "

"Sumeg is a faithful recreation of a traditional Yurok Indian village. It lies within the original tribal area and close to the present Yurok reservation on the Klamath River. It was built by members of the Yurok tribe and state park employees at Patricks Point State Park near Trinidad. Sumeg includes a dance circle, a sweat lodge, and two semi-underground redwood plank houses. It is used both for general public education, and traditional purposes exclusively for tribal members."

information on the Tongva topics

"In the 1800s, Yurok Indians resided on the Pacific coast in California's northwest corner, near the mouth of the Klamath River. Yuroks depended on fishing to supply food for the tribe. Tools were fashioned from natural resources procured from the surrounding environment, including tree bark, animal bone, sinew and antlers, shells, flint and obsidian rock. "