California Studies web sites

Dear California Studies Students,

Here are the sites collected so far for the last two sections. I want to thank Ashley Simonian, a student from last semester, who put this together for you. It gives you an idea of what you need to do to earn extra credit points, as well as help me greatly.
-Jim

Eleventh Theme: Social Transformations (1966-2000)

http://www.ufw.org/cecstory.htm

The Story of Cesar Chavez
This site describes the life of Cesar Chavez

http://www.ufw.org/history.htm

An outline of Cesar Chavez's life and his achievements.

http://www.sfsu.edu/%7Ececipp/cesar_chavez/other.htm

Statements from Cesar Chavez and President Clinton regarding the Grape Strike.

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSLAMDCesarChavez24.htm

A lesson plan on Cesar Chavez including vocabulary words and other exercises for the classroom.

http://www.colapublib.org/chavez/index.html

Includes the story of the UFW Flag, Cesar Chavez's biography, stories and even a crossword to be used in the classroom.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/UFW

United Farm Workers Uniom and how it began, who was involved, what was it about. Links to newspaper articles, photos, and curriculum material.

http://www.echoes.com/rememberaday/woodstoc.html

“Remember A Day: An Analysis Of Over Twenty Years Of American Rock Music Festivals”
This website is definitely a part of California History beginning at 1967’s “Summer of Love” that began in Monterey (at Monterey Pop) and led to the ever remembered “Woodstock” on the West Coast and then to the “Woodstock West” in Altamont, just outside of San Francisco, at the end of 1969. These events are valuable to social transformation because they were “freedom from repression” movements. Hell’s Angels, a motorcycle group that I remember vividly, were also a part of “Woodstock West”, but not initially as rebel rousers, they were the security guards (interesting?). This also led to local government legislation restricting size of events to be held. One point I thought would catch the interest of children today is that Santana, a rock group that is very popular now, among many other groups began in this rebellious time at these events. Selina Robinson, Visalia Class

Twelfth Theme: Contemporary Concerns (Today)

http://www.chicano-art-life.com/index.html

Chicano Art Life.

This site is dedicated to Cheech Marin’s vision to highlight expressions of Chicano culture

http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/chicanoArt.html
Contemporary Chicano art in California

This is an excellent resource site for contemporary chicano art in California. From the website " The California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, also known as CEMA, is a division of the Special Collections Department of the University Libraries at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "

http://www.otterproject.org/esu_1296/21.html
Save the Otters!

This is an excellent site for anyone interested in preserving one of our state’s precious resources. A good example of how to use this site would be to have a class or an entire school adopt this as a community project.

Sites From Other Themes
These are not worth as much extra credit as we don’t really need much from these areas other than children's stories.

Eleventh Theme: Westward Expansion AD 1849-1900

http://www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=300

A lesson plan on the Dust Bowl, included are some songs inspired during this time.

www.newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/index.htm

During the Great Depression many young children wrote the first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, asking her for clothes, money, and other things which can be veiwed on this site.

http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v02/v02p-45_Weber.html

A journal about the Japanese Camps in California.

http://www.sfmuseum.org/war/evactxt.html

The Japanese Internment Camps with links to many articles featured in the San Francisco News.

http://www.topangaonline.com/nativam/turtles.html

Tremor Tales - The Turtle Story
This is a story the Gabrielino Indians used to tell. These Indians once lived in San Gabriel Valley in Southern California where earthquakes are common. They told this story to explain the cause of earthquakes and how California was made:

From the Syllabus:

Extra Credit Opportunity: Web Site Development
I am still developing the last two section of this course. If you would like to assist me in this process, it will be worth your while.

Eleventh Theme (4/27, 4/29) Social Transformations (1966-2000)

Twelfth Theme (5/4, 5/6) Contemporary Concerns (Today)

Here is what I need:
For each of the following Themes, I am looking for “worthwhile” wed sites. These web sites could be under any of the following categories:
A. Background Information
B. Lessons/Activities
C. Children’s Stories
D. Is there another category I have not considered???

Directions:
Send me an e-mail message with the following:
1. The URL (web site address starting with http://)
2. A brief description of the site. This could be two or three sentences telling me what the site does and why it would be good as a teacher resource.
3. Place your name at the end of this description so I can easily copy the entire paragraph onto a web site.

Note: If the site is not “worthwhile” (i.e., information that could be used by me for this course or by future elementary teachers in the preparation of lessons on California), you will not receive extra credit.

As well, if I have already received the site from another student, I will not give you credit for it. You can check the entire list of sites I have already collected by visiting the following web page:
http://www.csufresno.edu/Anthropology/Faculty/Mullooly/ss110sites.htm
If two sites arrive at the same time, I will reward the extra credit to the student who describes the site best.

This offer will only be open until 4/6