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3rd Grade Social Studies |
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Native Californians |
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Map of Native California Languages and Tribes This map shows the location of all Native California tribes. |
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This has brief descriptions about each of the tribes. It describes their diets, homes, and locations. |
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A history of the Ohlone Indians who lived in the Santa Clara Valley. |
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This is an overview essay about the Ohlone. |
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This virtual museum will take you on a tour of Southern California history from Native Peoples through the late nineteenth century. You will explore the "footprints" left by people who inhabited the area near the modern city of Loma Linda. |
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Experience the Wappo Indian culture of Napa by seeing example of baskets, homes, jewelry and tools at this great virtual museum. Explore examples of plants and animals that were once an important part of Native American culture but now many of which are endangered. Have fun learning a legend and even how to speak a few Wappo words. |
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Photographs |
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This virtual guidebook site has a short description and wide angle pictures of a wealth of key sites. This site includes lots of photos of San Francisco, the Bay area as well as the rest of California. |
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Images of the California Environment Photographs of Agriculture, Energy, Forestry, Geography, Habitat Restoration, Mining, Native Americans, Natural Vegetation, Open Space, Parks, and Wilderness, Pollution and Solid Waste, Urban Environment, Water Resources, and much more. |
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Santa Clara County |
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This has photographs illustrating Santa Clara Valley history. |
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This site has over 1600 historic photographs of the City of Santa Clara. |
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This site has links, information, and photographs to historic Santa Clara County. This is a great beginning site for research. |
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City of Santa Clara Convention Center This has some interesting facts about local history. |
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This highlights the history of the City of Santa Clara from 800 AD to the present. |
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This is a great timeline of the City of Santa Clara. Notice that Don Callejon School is mentioned. Look carefully. Is it up to date? |
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Government |
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This site will help you with U.S. symbols. |
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A Visit to the Statue of Liberty This site contains facts, news and information about the Statue of Liberty. There are photos and sketches. |
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Investigate the three branches of the United States Government. |
Updated August 28, 2009