Build social studies content-area literacy by integrating dynamic primary sources into the classroom! This comprehensive kit uses original documents, maps, photographs, and other materials to engage students in learning the history of California, from the early exploration of California to 21st century California. These authentic resources will capture students' curiosity about California's rich past and promote critical thinking and literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics. Appropriately leveled content makes this a great resource for differentiating instruction for multiple reading levels. Aligned to the new California Standards for reading and writing, the California State Social Studies Standards, the California State History-Social Science Framework, the NCSS C3 Framework, and other state and local standards, this kit prepares students for college and career.
Primary Source Readers: California Kit includes:
The full-color, high-interest books feature original primary sources to engage students in learning the history of California while enriching content-area instruction across the four strands of social studies. The leveled texts offer instructional opportunities to guide students to increased fluency and comprehension of nonfiction text.
California's Indian Nations 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28589 This primary source reader 6-Pack provides a rich background of three California tribes-the Tongva, the Yokuts, and the Yana. Intriguing primary source documents offer opportunities for students to think about historical events more critically. |
Exploration of California 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28590 Exploration of California 6-Pack provides teachers with a valuable classroom resource to engage students as they examine social studies content and develop critical literacy skills. Delve deeper into California's history with primary source documents. |
California's Spanish Missions 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28591 Breathe life into the pages of history with this 6-Pack of primary source readers. Explore the history of California's missions through primary source documents that give students a better understanding of what life was like back then. |
Junípero Serra: A Spanish Missionary 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28592 Introduce students to California's rich history with this text that profiles the life of Franciscan missionary Junípero Serra. This 6-Pack will engage students with intriguing primary source documents that breathe life into the pages of history. |
Mexican Rule of California 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28593 Introduce students to California's rich history with this text that details the history of Alta California. This 6-Pack will engage students with intriguing primary source documents that breathe life into the pages of history. |
Trails to California 6-PackLevel: 4.7 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28594 Trails to California 6-Pack provides teachers with a valuable classroom resource to excite students as they examine social studies content and develop critical literacy skills. Delve deeper into California's history with primary source documents. |
California's Indian Nations 6-Pack |
Exploration of California 6-Pack |
California's Spanish Missions 6-Pack |
Junípero Serra: A Spanish Missionary 6-Pack |
Mexican Rule of California 6-Pack |
Trails to California 6-Pack |
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Level: 4.9 $43.99 |
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The Gold Rush 6-PackLevel: 4.8 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28595 The Gold Rush 6-Pack provides teachers with a valuable classroom resource to engage students as they examine social studies content and develop critical literacy skills. Delve deeper into California's history with primary source documents. |
Biddy Mason: Becoming a Leader 6-PackLevel: 4.6 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28596 Biddy Mason's life began as an enslaved person, but she became a successful nurse, midwife and land owner who influenced the city of Los Angeles. Learn more about her life through intriguing primary sources that will keep students engaged in reading. |
California: Becoming a State 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28597 Ignite students' curiosity about historical events with this engaging title! Featuring dynamic primary source documents, this 6-Pack details California's journey to statehood, and promotes social studies content literacy. |
Crossing a Continent 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28598 Ignite students' curiosity about historical events with this engaging text! Featuring dynamic primary sources, this 6-Pack details the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad, and promotes social studies content literacy. |
Crossing Oceans: Immigrating to California 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28599 Ignite students' curiosity about historical events with this engaging text! Featuring dynamic primary source documents, this title focuses on immigration to California from the gold rush to the end of the nineteenth century. |
California: Towns to Cities 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28600 This primary source reader 6-Pack integrates literacy and social studies content and details the history of four major cities in California from the gold rush to the end of the 19th century: San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Fresno. |
The Gold Rush 6-Pack |
Biddy Mason: Becoming a Leader 6-Pack |
California: Becoming a State 6-Pack |
Crossing a Continent 6-Pack |
Crossing Oceans: Immigrating to California 6-Pack |
California: Towns to Cities 6-Pack |
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Level: 4.9 $43.99 |
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California in the 20th Century 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28601 Ignite students' curiosity about historical events with this engaging title! Featuring dynamic primary source documents, this 6-Pack promotes social studies content literacy with a focus on the history of California during the twentieth century. |
California's Complex Water System 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28602 Introduce students to California's complex water system with this nonfiction text! This 6-Pack will engage students with intriguing primary source documents that breathe life into the pages of history. |
Education in California 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28603 This intriguing title introduces students to California's school system, and provides teachers with a valuable classroom resource to excite students as they examine social studies content and develop critical literacy skills. |
Californians Who Made a Difference 6-PackLevel: 4.7 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28604 This nonfiction title introduces students to Californians who made a difference, and provides teachers with valuable classroom resources to engage students as they examine social studies content and develop critical literacy skills. |
Governing the Golden State 6-PackLevel: 4.9 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28605 This 6-Pack introduces students to California's unique geography, and provides teachers with a valuable classroom resource to engage students as they examine social studies content and develop critical literacy skills. |
Geography of California 6-PackLevel: 4.6 $43.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 28606 This engaging 6-Pack introduces students to the history of California's state government, and provides teachers with a valuable classroom resource to engage students as they examine social studies content and develop critical literacy skills. |
California in the 20th Century 6-Pack |
California's Complex Water System 6-Pack |
Education in California 6-Pack |
Californians Who Made a Difference 6-Pack |
Governing the Golden State 6-Pack |
Geography of California 6-Pack |
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Primary Source Readers: California Add-on PackLevel: $124.99 Grade: 4 Item Number: 28551 Add nonfiction readers focused on California state studies to your classroom library with this Add-on Pack that includes one copy of each of the eighteen titles from the Primary Source Readers: California Kit. |
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The Teacher's Guide provides extensive details about each component in the kit. The teacher-friendly, comprehensive lesson plans focus on primary sources, and are organized with objectives, materials, discussion questions, suggestions for using the primary sources, extension ideas, pacing plans, and standards correlations. Historical background pages provide information about each of the primary sources being studied. Differentiation tips are embedded within each lesson.
Interactive-eBooks engage students, support diverse media instruction, and build 21st century skills. Interactive-eBooks are included for each title with embedded videos, activities (close reading, writing, comprehension), and annotation tools.
This kit includes professional audio recordings for each of the 18 titles that provide students with models for appropriate phrasing, intonation, and expression. The recordings can be used as a model of fluent reading to provide additional support for English language learners and to build fluency.
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