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One of our teachers is working on a project to podcast summaries of the lessons in the textbook. Download his lessons here.

Students are learning about the early history of California!

For an overview and time line of California's history, click here.

Before Europeans arrived in California, there were many different groups of natives. Here's a map of where they all lived.

For more information about the Chumash Indian's, Santa Barbara's Museum of Natural History has a great site.

Spain asserted its ownership of California by establishing the California Missions.

Father Junipero Serra, established the first missions in California.

Watch the movie below to learn about his first Mission in California, established in San Diego.

For pictures of all the missions, check out this site.

Parent Involvement:

The reading in our social studies series can be difficult to comprehend. Students benefit greatly from discussing what they read and identifying main ideas. Try to connect ideas to modern analogies.

Another commonality of children is their sentiment that history is boring because it is about "stuff that already happened." Try to help them understand the importance of history. In a democracy, especially, it is of key importance to understand history and the mistakes of the past. How can we citizens make informed decisions if they don't know how similar situations turned out in the past? History is a key to unlocking a brighter future.

As David C. McCullough puts it:

"History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are."

And Maya Angelou:

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

dlindsay, 02/08/10 04:09 (GMT)