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Showing Grade 4, Unit 4e, Modern California Economy
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Story of Oil in California - Signal Hill
http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/signal_hill/signal_hill.html
Rating: 2, High!
Description: Many people may be surprised to learn that one of Southern California's chief exports over the last 100 years, besides motion pictures, has been oil. Standards 3.3.2 and 4.4.6
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.
Graphics content: Low.
Resource ID: 692
The Twenties
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog20/index.html
Rating: 2, High!
Description: This Biography of America site examines the consumer culture of the 1920's. It focuses on the Roaring 20's pop lifestyle with special emphasis on the role of the automobile in Los Angeles. Standard 4.4.4 and 11.5.7
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.
Graphics content: Low.
Resource ID: 3101
Virtual Tour: The Story of Milk
http://www.moomilk.com/tour.htm
Rating: 2, High!
Description: Everything you want to know about cows and milk is right here waiting. This site is here to bring you the best of the dairy industry, whether you are looking for the latest industry advances or a cow lover who wants learn more about dairy farms and products. Standards 2.4.1, 3.5.2, 4.1.3, 4.4.6
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.
Graphics content: High.
Resource ID: 3381
California Agriculture Census
http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/ca/index1.htm
Rating: 3, Medium.
Description: If you are looking for agricultural data for California, this is the spot. Find raw data about farms, crops, livestock, and more. Standard 4.4.6
Resource Type: Other.
Graphics content: Low.
Resource ID: 493
Classic Films from the Hollywood Studios, 1934-1946
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~yahnk001/filmteach/teach.htm
Rating: 3, Medium.
Description: This is a brief description of the studio method of producing films in the 1930's and 40's with a list of the major films and their stars. Standard 4.4.9
Comments: This site was compiled by Robert E. Yahnke, University of Minnesota
Resource Type: Secondary Text.
Graphics content: Low.
Resource ID: 734
Films from the Silent Era
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~pringle/silent/
Rating: 3, Medium.
Description: During the silent era, California was on the cutting edge of the film industry. The struggling film studios were a significant part of Southern California's economy. Standard 4.4.9
Comments: This site was compiled by Robert E. Yahnke, University of Minnesota
Resource Type: Secondary Text.
Graphics content: Low.
Resource ID: 1222
Occidental Petroleum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occidental_Petroleum_Company
Rating: 3, Medium.
Description: Occidental was founded in 1920 as a California oil and gas production company and remained a modest operation until the 1950s, when it began expanding and diversifying. Standard 4.4.9
Comments: Shows California's connection to the global economy.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.
Graphics content: High.
Resource ID: 2344
Walt Disney
http://disney.go.com/vault/read/walt/index.html
Rating: 3, Medium.
Description: Legend has it that the idea for Mickey Mouse came to Walt Disney from a memory of a friendly mouse that begged for food in his 1922 Kansas City art studio. Find out more at this biography of Walt Disney at this Disney Corporation website. Standard 4.4.9
Resource Type: Secondary Text.
Graphics content: Low.
Resource ID: 3402
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