California History Online

http://www.californiahistory.net/index.htm

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This site by the California Historical Society is written for young students. It is organized chronologically by which the user selects a timeline icon to access the content for that era. Material is brief but is well-researched. Graphics are excellent.

Comments: You may access sections of this site in the grade level topics on SCORE that relate.

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 520

Encarta Reference Tools

http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.html

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: From the homepage, link to an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and an atlas for a quick reference to begin your research. You will also see links to the day's highlights in the news, weekly features, and Today in History.

Comments: Select Spain from the homepage and access the articles in Spanish. It is also available in French, Italian, and German.

Resource Type: Other.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1084

Enchanted Learning

http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This is an age appropriate site even for young children. It is loaded with activities and information.

Resource Type: Compilation of Links.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1086

Honeyman Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9p3012wq

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: Here is a set of rare pictures and drawings of California in the era of statehood and somewhat after from the Bancroft Library. They are indexed by city and region, including San Francisco, San Diego, Monterey, Los Angeles, Humboldt, Coloma, etc. Standards 3.3 and 4.3

Comments: There is almost no text to support the images but they may be enlarged for whole class projection.

Resource Type: Photos or Pictures.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1630

Official National Geographic Homepage

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This is a must see site for research. Teachers and kids will love the graphics and the variety of interesting geography information available here.

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 2350

This Day in History

http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: Do you want to know what happened on this day in history? Want to know what happened in history the day you were born? Then try this site.

Comments: This an excellent place to break-in the day. Links to the History Channel.

Resource Type: Other.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 3132

California State Historical Landmarks

http://www.donaldlaird.com/landmarks/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: There are over 1070 California State Historical Landmarks. Join the web author as he travels around California and revisiting the state's historic past, visiting and photographing each of them. So far 851 have been done.

Resource Type: Photos or Pictures.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 559

Candlelight Stories - Children's Stories

http://www.candlelightstories.com/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This site has children's stories online including Rumpelstiltskin, Moother Goose, the Amazinng Spectacular Ordinary Bottle, The Creation of the Night and Thumbelina.

Comments: This site has some very good children's stories that could be read with a small group or with a cross-age tutor. It has excellent graphics and options for submitting art and e-mail.

Resource Type: Literature/Story.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 585

Great Buildings Online

http://www.greatbuildings.com/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This unique database holds pictures and a description of major works of archtecture from througout the world. The user may search by the name of the building or the location.

Resource Type: Other.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1440

Museum of the City of San Francisco

http://www.sfmuseum.org/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Here is a inventory of pictures and primary source texts on all parts of San Francisco history with an emphasis on the earthquake of 1906 and the Gold Rush.

Comments: Sub sestionsof this site are linked to specific standards and topics.

Resource Type: Compilation of Links.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 2223