If students live in Los Angeles, they may choose to use the links about Los Angeles when researching their topics.
These links provide more information at a county, city, and regional level. The California State Park Service is also a good place to start ethnographic and natural research.
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Show students a picture of fools' gold next to a picture of real gold. Can they tell the difference?
Explore the history of different immigrant groups, as well as the women, who became part of California's Gold Rush history.
Natives and Immigrants view of the Gold Rush
Explain to students that Los Angeles would not be as large a city as it is today without the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
These links provide more history about Hollywood, and the various sites and departments of Los Angeles.
Explain to students why some Americans were so fearful of the Japanese Americans during World War II.
These links provide more information about the history of Japanese Americans in the United States.
Exhibit about Camp Harmony internment camp
Site about the Japanese American experience
Japanese-American Internment Camps
Internment of San Francisco Japanese