The Big Idea Activity Big Idea Activity
 

Writing

WritingWriting tips and style guidelines

 
 

Quick Quiz

Test your knowledge. What have you learned so far?

 
Unit Four
 

Field Trip

San Francisco's Chinatown

Field trip Visit San Francisco's Chinatown. It is the largest and oldest Chinatown in the United States.

Biography

Luther Burbank

Biography Luther Burbank, a plant scientist, created 800 new kinds of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and flowers. His plants were grown all over the world.

 California Standard 4.4.4 Describe rapid American immigration, internal migration, settlement, and the growth of towns and cities (e.g., Los Angeles). 

 California Standard 4.4.6 Describe the development and locations of new industries since the turn of the century, such as the aerospace industry, electronics industry, large-scale commercial agriculture and irrigation projects, the oil and [MORE] 

Biography

Josefina Fierro de Bright

Biography Josefina Fierro de Bright left college to help migrant workers. She worked for fair wages and better working conditions for Spanish speaking people.

A Day in the Life

Suburban Life in the 1950s

A Day in the Life California led the nation in everything from technology to having fun. Find out how families lived in the 1950s.

 California Standard 4.4.5 Discuss the effects of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War II on California. 

 California Standard 4.4.4 Describe rapid American immigration, internal migration, settlement, and the growth of towns and cities (e.g., Los Angeles).