Dr. Davidman's Social Science Classes










GOOD SOURCES FOR TEACHER LESSON PLANNING FROM SCHOOLS OF CALIFORNIA ONLINE RESOURCES
TOPICS CALIFORNIA THINKING SKILLS CALIFORNIA HISTORY/SOCIAL SCIENCE STANDARDS CALIFORNIA FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS CALIFORNIA MODEL LESSONS CONTENT LITERACY VIRTUAL PROJECTS AND FIELD TRIPS SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS INFORMATIONAL STRATEGIES








LESSON PLANS FROM VARIOUS SEARCH ENGINES
YAHOO: HISTORY LESSON PLANS YAHOO: ANCIENT GREECE & LESSON PLANS & 4-7 GOOGLE: ANCIENT GREECE + 4-7 GOOGLE: SOCIAL SCIENCE + LESSON PLANS + 4-7 MARCO POLO SEARCH ENGINE MARCO POLO: ANCIENT GREECE YAHOOLIGANS: ANCIENT GREECE YAHOOLIGANS: ANCIENT CHINA




EXAMPLE LESSON PLANS OR UNITS
YAHOO: ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS & UNIT & 4-7 YAHOO: ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS & LESSON PLANS & 4-7 GOOGLE: ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS + LESSON PLANS + 4-7 GOOGLE: ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS + UNIT + 4-7



WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS LESSON PLANS WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS LESSON GUIDE WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS WEBQUEST












ANCIENT ROME WEBSITES
CAESAR AGUSTUS THE ROMANS ANCIENT ROME THROUGH EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS CONSTRUCT AN AQUEDUCT REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE DAILY LIFE IN ROME
ROMAN CLOTHING DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME EVENTS IN ANCIENT ROME ROMAN ACHIEVEMENTS FAMOUS ROMANS ANCIENT ROME



EXPLORERS
EUROPEAN EXPLORERS CONQUEST OF NORTH AMERICA BY SPAIN FRENCH EXPLORERS



BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MAROO OF THE WINTER CAVES
CAVE OF LASCAUX NEANDERTHALS CAVES IN FRANCE















GOLD RUSH WEBSITES
GOLD RUSH POWERPOINT ART OF THE GOLD RUSH NATIVES & IMMIGRANTS PEOPLE OF THE GOLD RUSH JOURNEY OF THE FORTY-NINERSGOLD RUSH WEBQUEST JOHN SUTTER WAGON TRAIN WEBQUEST
GOLD RUSH BIBLIOGRAPHY DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA DONNER PARTY GOLD RUSH WOMEN IN THE GOLD RUSH GOLD RUSH THE GOLD RUSH GOLD RUSH TIMELINE


















ENGLISH COLONIES WEBSITES
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE JAMESTOWN LESSON PLANS LOST COLONY MYSTERY HISTORY OF JAMESTOWN PLYMOUTH COLONY ARCHIVE PROJECT COLONIAL AMERICA
COLONIAL KIDS ENGLISH SETTLEMENT VIRTUAL JAMESTOWN PILGRIM HALL MUSEUM VIRGINIA ENGLISH COLONY PLIMOTH PLANTATION
TOUR OF PLIMOUTH PLANTATION COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG INDENTURED SERVANTS PEOPLE OF COLONIAL LIFE THANKSGIVING RESOURCES


CHUMASH INDIANS










































ANCIENT GREEK WEBSITES
AESOP'S FABLES ALEXANDER THE GREAT ALEXANDER THE GREAT ANCIENT OLYMPICS ANCIENT GREECE ANCIENT GREEK MATHEMATICS ANCIENT GREEK WORLD****
ARCHIMEDES GREEK PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS ANCIENT GREECE MAPS OF ANCIENT GREECE THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES ALEXANDER THE GREAT ALEXANDER THE GREAT VS. THE PERSIANS
ALEXANDER THE GREAT ANCIENT GREECE ANCIENT GREECE ATHENS & SPARTA ARCHIMEDES ARISTOTLE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION
ATHENIAN DRESS DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE GREEK ART AND ARCHITECTURE ARISTOTLE'S PHILOSOPHY PLATO'S PHILSOPHY SOCRATES' PHILOSOPHY
GREEK AND ROMAN ARTS GREEK HISTORICAL ATLAS GREEK & PERSIA PLATO OLYMPIC GAMES SOCRATES SUICIDE OF SOCRATES
ALEXANDER THE GREAT TROY ALEXANDER THE GREAT ANCIENT ATHENS ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY FROM WIKIPEDIA GREEK GEOGRAPHY ANCIENT GREEK PLAYS


















ANCIENT EGYPT WEBSITES

EGYPT -- THE BRITISH MUSEUM ANCIENT EGYPT -- ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT EGYPTIAN ART -- METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HISTORY -- BBC ANCIENT EGYPT -- EMORY UNIVERSITY
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS -- NOVA ANCIENT EGYPT ANCIENT EGYPT -- GEOGRAPHY ANCIENT EGYPT -- CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ANCIENT EGYPT
ANCIENT EGYPT ON THE INTERNET ANCIENT EGYPT -- CARNEGIE MUSEUM ANCIENT EGYPT ANCIENT EGYPT -- LESSON PLANS DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT -- MANKATO STATE UNIVERSITY ANCIENT EGYPT -- ART AND CULTURE



























ANCIENT CHINA
DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT CHINA CHINESE HISTORY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF TAIWAN TAKLA MAKAN MUMMIES OF CHINA CHINESE MYTHS AND LEGENDS IN ART MAPS OF ANCIENT CHINA CONFUCIUS & DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN THEMES IN CONFUCIAN TEACHING ANCIENT CHINA TIMELINE
SOUNDS OF CHINESE ANCIENT CHINA: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM TREASURES OF ANCIENT CHINA TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIANISM ANCIENT CHINA: THE SHANG DYNASTY THE SILK ROAD: THE TRADING ROUTE OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION TAOISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF TAI CHI THE UNIFIED ANCIENT CHINESE EMPIRE THE ART OF ANCIENT CHINA
HISTORY OF ANCIENT CHINA THE IMPERIAL ERA OF ANCIENT CHINA THE ANCIENT DYNASTIES OF CHINA MU-LAN: THE ANCIENT CHINESE WOMAN WARRIOR TIMELINE OF ANCIENT CHINESE DYNASTIES THE SHANG DYNASTY MONGOLS IN ANCIENT HISTORY MONGOL EMPIRES THE SILK ROAD









GOOD SOURCES FOR TEACHER LESSON PLANNING FROM CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
TOPICS CALIFORNIA THINKING SKILLS CALIFORNIA HISTORY/SOCIAL SCIENCE STANDARDS CALIFORNIA FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS CALIFORNIA MODEL LESSONS CONTENT LITERACY VIRTUAL PROJECTS AND FIELD TRIPS SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS INFORMATIONAL STRATEGIES


















CALIFORNIA MISSIONS
CALIFORNIA MISSIONS WEBSITE CALIFORNIA MISSION PHOTOGRAPHS MISSION VOCABULARY MISSIONS IN ORDER OF FOUNDING CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION HISTORIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL CALIFORNIA MISSIONS
CALIFORNIA MISSION WEBQUEST JUNIPERO SERRA AND THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS CHUMASH LIFE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS TREASURE HUNT BUILDING MODELS OF MISSIONS FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA
CALIFORNIA MISSION HISTORY CALIFORNIA MISSIONS GAME MISSION WEBQUEST CALIFORNIA MISSIONS INVESTIGATION FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA







KINDERGARTEN LESSON UNITS
UNIT 1: CITIZENSHIP UNIT 2: NATIONAL AND STATE SYMBOLS UNIT 3: WORKING NOW AND LONG AGO UNIT 4: BASICS OF LOCATION AND PLACE UNIT 5 CALENDARS UNIT 6A: HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS UNIT 6B: FAMOUS LEGENDS AND EVENTS






FIRST GRADE LESSON UNITS
UNIT 1: CITIZENSHIP UNIT 2: LOCATION AND PLACE UNIT 3: AMERICAN SYMBOLS AND TRADITIONS UNIT 4: EVERYDAY LIFE: TODAY AND YESTERDAY UNIT 5: CULTURAL DIVERSITY UNIT 6: BASIC ECONOMICS





SECOND GRADE LESSON UNITS
UNIT 1: LONG AGO AND YESTERDAY: OUR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND ANCESTORS UNIT 2: LOCATION AND PLACE: GEOGRAPHY UNIT 3: HOW OUR GOVERNMENT WORKS AND SOLVES PROBLEMS UNIT 4: SUPPLYING OUR NEEDS UNIT 5: PEOPLE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE









THIRD GRADE LESSON UNITS
UNIT 1: CENTRAL CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHY UINT 2: CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: NATIVE AMERICANS UNIT 3: CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: HISTORY UNIT 5: CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: ECONOMY UNIT 4: UNITED STATES: BASIC STRUCTURE AND GOVERNMENT UNIT 4: UNITED STATES: RULES, LAWS, AND CITIZENSHIP UNIT 4: UNITED STATES: LANDMARKS AND DOCUMENTS UNIT 4: UNITED STATES: FAMOUS AMERICANS LESSONS FOR NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA




FOURTH GRADE LESSON UNITS
UNIT 1 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICANS UNIT4: MISSIONS, PRESIDIOS, RANCHOS AND PUEBLOS UNIT 5: MEXICAN AMERICANS








FIFTH GRADE LESSON UNITS
UNIT BEAR FLAG REPUBLICS UNIT : GOLD RUSH UNIT: RAILROADS UNIT: AGRICULTURE IMMIGRATION DEPRESSION UNIT: UNIT LOCAL GOVERNMENT








SIXTH GRADE LESSON UNITS
UNIT 1:EARLY CIVILIZATIONS UNIT 2A: MESOPOTAMIA UNIT 2B:EGYPT AND KUSH UNIT 3: ANCIENT HEBREWS UNIT 4: ANCIENT GREEKS UNIT 5: INDIA UNIT 6: CHINA UNIT 7: ROME




CONSTITUTION WEBSITES
ROADMAP TO THE CONSTITUTION TOUR OF U.S.HISTORY CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES WHAT IS A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT? WHAT RESPONSIBLITIES ACCOMPANY OUR RIGHTS?





CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CHRONICLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AFRICAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM EARLY AMERICA












CAL POLY BOOKS ABOUT ANCIENT ROME
STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME GROWING UP IN ANCIENT ROME THE ROMANS THE GREEKS IMPERIAL ROME
THE ROMAN ENGINEERS THE ROMAN WAY SCIENCE IN ANCIENT ROME CITY: A STORY OF ROMAN PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION SEE INSIDE A ROMAN TIME THE ROMAN ARMY












CAL POLY BOOKS ABOUT ANCIENT INDIA AND ANCIENT CHINA
WEAVING OF A DREAM CULTURAL ATLAS OF CHINA A CHINESE ZOO: FABLES AND PROVERBS GREAT WALL OF CHINA INSIDE AN ANCIENT CHINESE TOWN YEH-SEN: A CINDERELLA STORY FROM CHINA
TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO THE CHINESE HEAVEN'S REWARD: FAIRY TALES FROM CHINA LON PO PO INDIA, NOW AND THEN THE GOLDEN SWAN





CAL POLY BOOKS ABOUT ANCIENT MAN
THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS THE STORY OF A PREHISTORIC VILLAGE THE FIRST FARMERS EARLY HUMANS THE FIRST FARMERS IN THE NEW STONE AGE














CAL POLY BOOKS ABOUT ANCIENT EGYPT
GILGAMESH IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION STORIES ZEKMET, THE STONE CARVER ANCIENT EGYPT MARA, DAUGHTER OF THE NILE MUMMIES MADE IN EGYPT THE EGYPTIAN CINDERELLA
LAND OF THE PHARAOHS THE ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT ZEKMET, THE STONE CARVER PYRAMID ALL TIMES, ALL PEOPLES: A WORLD HISTORY OF SLAVERY THE EGYPT GAME SCIENCE IN ANCIENT EGYPT














CAL POLY BOOKS ABOUT U.S. HISTORY
PIONEER CHILDREN OF APPALACHIA EXPLORATION INTO NORTH AMERICA THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF LEWIS AND CLARK STREAMS TO THE RIVER, RIVER TO THE SEA STORY OF THE LOUISANA PURCHASE ONLY THE NAMES REMAIN: THE CHEROKEES AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS INDIAN CHIEFS
SWAMP ANGEL CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH SHH1 WE'RE CREATING THE CONSTITUTION THE GREAT LITTLE MADISON THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION WE THE PEOPLE









AMERICAN REVOLUTION
EXTRAORDINARY BLACK AMERICANS MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD SARAH BISHOP GEORGE WASHINGTON: LEADER OF A NATION
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MR. REVERE & I PAUL REVERE'S RIDE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES THE BOSTON TEA PARTY








AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVERY
LIFE IN THE SLAVE QUARTERS JUMP SHIP TO FREEDOM AFRICA REMEMBERED PEOPLE COULD FLY MANY THOUSANDS GONE CEASAR'S STORY MOLLY BANNAKY BLACK AMERICANS: A HISTORY IN THEIR OWN WORDS




INDIAN STORIES
THE IRIQUOIS THE STORY OF THE IRIQUOIS SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS INDIAN WARS AND WARRIORS









EXPLORATION
GREAT EXPLORERS EXPLORATION THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAS WALK THE WORLD'S RIM PEDRO'S JOURNAL DISCOVERS OF AMERICA BRENDAN THE NAVIGATOR CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DISCOVERING CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS


















NATIVE AMERICANS
THE DESERT IS THEIRS KEEPERS OF THE EARTH IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE THE LEGEND OF THE BLUEBONNET MORNING GIRL BUFFALO HUNT MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS HIAWATHA ARROW TO THE SUN
TOUCH THE EARTH: A SELF-PORTRAIT OF INDIAN EXISTENCE ANNIE AND THE OLD ONE BREAD, BREAD, BREAD DANCING TEEPEES THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER MANY WINTERS ENCOUNTER WHEN CLAY SINGS DANCE DOWN THE RAIN
























GOLD RUSH
THE NEGRO TRAILBLAZERS OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: EPIC OF A CITY THEY SAW THE ELEPHANT OLD SPANISH SANTA BARBARA OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA IN 1859 THE GREAT AMERICAN GOLD RUSH THE SECRET VALLEY CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
CHANG'S PAPER PONY FAMOUS BUILDERS OF CALIFORNIA THE SACRAMENTO; GOLDEN RIVER OF CALIFORNIA BY THE GREAT HORN SPOON COARSE GOLD GULCH THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH HO FOR CALIFORNIA THE WORLD RUSHED IN
BLACKS IN GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CHINESE IN AMERICA UNDER A STRONG WIND: THE ADVENTURES OF JESSIE BENTON BREMONT ONE-EYED CHARLEY TO CALIFORNIA BY COVERED WAGON CALIFORNIA'S INDIANS AND THE GOLD RUSH YESTERYEAR'S CHILD CALIFORNIA GOLD, STORY OF THE RUSH TO RICHES































CALIFORNIA INDIAN HISTORY
CALIFORNIA: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY CALIFORNIA, THE GEOGRAPHY OF DIVERSITY CALIFORNIA DESERTS CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA, A HISTORY THE EVER-LIVING TREE PROTECTORS OF THE LAND CALIFORNIA'S CHUMASH INDIANS
CHUMASH INDIANS BACK IN THE BEFORETIME THE CHUMASH ISHI:TALE OF THE LIZARD LEGENDS OF THE YOSEMITE MIWOK FIRE RACE THE WAY WE LIVED THE GABRIELINO
NATIVE WAYS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS LONE WOMAN OF GHALAS-HAT CREATION OF A CALIFORNIA TRIBE THE EARTH IS OUR MOTHER WHISPERS ALONG THE MISSION TRAIL FOG ISLAND
INDIANS OF THE OAKS PACIFIC COAST INDIANS ZIA YAMINO-KWITI HISTORICAL ALBUM OF CALIFORNIA THE POMO CALIFORNIA INDIANS





























CALIFORNIA HISTORY
A DAY'S WORK CHICANOS IN CALIFORNIA JULIA AND THE HAND OF GOD ASIAN CALIFORNIANS CHINESE OF AMERICA
ANGEL ISLAND PRISONER
TEN MILE DAY AND THE BUILDING OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD BLUE WILLOW CALLING THE DOVES RAILS FROM THE WEST THE IRON DRAGON NEVER SLEEPS AFRO-AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA
IN SEARCH OF EQUALITY AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CHINESE IN AMERICA PIE-BITER THE CHINESE AMERICANS SAMFOW CAT RUNNING
CHILDREN OF THE DUST BOWL HARVEST GYPSIES STRANGERS FROM A DIFFERENT SHORE A JAR OF DREAMS MR. BLUE JEANS FIRE IN THE VALLEY
YESTERYEAR'S CHILD BLACK CALIFORNIA VOYAGERS TO CALIFORNIA WORKING COTTON HISTORICAL ALBUM OF CALIFORNIA WAGON TRAIN










































CULTURAL AWARENESS
RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES NEVER SPIT ON YOUR SHOES MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB WE THE PEOPLE FEELINGS ALPHABET: AN ALBUM OF EMOTIONS FROM A TO Z FEELINGS GEOGRAPHY AMELIA'S FANTASTIC FLIGHT THE HOUSE I LIVE IN
SYMBOLS AND HOLIDAYS BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER THE ONE RULE SCHOOLHOUSE WINDOW GROWING STORY THE HOUSE ON MAPLE STREET NEW PROVIDENCE LAND OF PROMISE
THE LITTLE HOUSE Developing CULTURAL AWARENESS PEOPLE CHILDREN JUST LIKE ME CLEVERSTICKS HOW MY PARENTS LEARNED TO EAT BREAD, BREAD, BREAD HOMES AROUND THE WORLD MATERIAL WORLD
PABLO REMEMBERS HAIR THERE AND EVERYWHERE ON YOUR FEET! THIS IS THE WAY WE EAT OUR LUNCH EVERYBODY BAKES BREAD EVERYBODY COOKS RICE HOW MY PARENTS LEARNED TO EAT OUR FAVORITE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD BREAD IS FOR EATING
A COUNTRY FAR AWAY CELEBRATIONS HOW MY FAMILY LIVES IN AMERICA HOPSCOTCH AROUND THE WORLD HOUSES: HABITATS & HOME LIFE BREAD AROUND THE WORLD BEGINNING GEOGRAPHY: HOW TO USE A MAP SHOES, SHOES, SHOES TOO MANY TAMALES