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California Theme Unit


Questions, Facts, and "Who am I?" for the state of California
     State of California Mixed Review: fill-in questions, "Who am I", facts, and writing prompts (multiple keys)


State of California Theme - Reading Comprehensions
     Tournament of Roses Parade   (Grades 2-4)
     The Birth of the Missions   (Grades 3-4)
     California Gold Rush   (Grades 4-6)
     Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks   (Grades 5-6)


California Maze
Build California maze - Make multiple mazes at once


State of California Theme - Math Stories
     California Math (Grades 2-4)
     California Math (Grades 5-6)


State of California Theme - Story Starters
     California Story Starter Printables


State of California Theme
     Location of California in the United States Printable and Information


State of California Theme Time Line
     California Time Line #1 (24 events in time line)


California: Reading Comprehensions with References to California
This section lists reading comprehensions on edHelper.com with references to the state of California. These reading comprehensions were not written specifically for the state theme unit.

     Top reading comprehensions with most references to California
     California Condors
     John Steinbeck (Grades 9-12)
     Jason Earns His Wings (Grade 5)
     Richard Nixon - The End of a Decade (Grade 9)
     The Pony Express (Grade 4)
     "Seizing" Up the Quake: The Prediction (Grade 9)
     The Life of Peggy Fleming (Grade 6)
     Ronald Reagan
     How the West was Settled (Grade 6)
     Earthquakes and Our Society (Grade 9)
     The San Francisco Earthquake (Grade 8)
     Dr. Mae Jemison: A True Explorer (Grades 10-11)
     Rails across America - The Beginning (Grade 9)
     Michelle Kwan (Grade 9)
     The "Japanese Problem" of WWII - A Struggle of Fear and Freedom (Grades 9-12)
     Eldridge Cleaver (Grades 9-12)

Biographies
(no assigned grade level)
     James Pierson Beckwourth
     Ronald Reagan
(Grades 3-5)
     That's Life, Charlie Brown - The Story of Charles Schultz
(Grades 6-8)
     Arnold Lobel
     Charlayne Hunter-Gault
     Eve Bunting, Author
     Jesse James, Part 1
     Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR Driver
     Levi Strauss and Blue Jeans
     Lois Lowry
     Nolan Ryan
     Robert Louis Stevenson
     Sarah Vaughn: The Divine One
     Shirley Temple
     The Life of Peggy Fleming
     The World's Favorite Cowboy
     Tom Brady
     Tracy Austin
     Walt Disney
(Grades 9-12)
     Condoleezza Rice
     Dr. Mae Jemison: A True Explorer
     Eldridge Cleaver
     George W. G. Ferris
     Kofi Annan
     Maria Tallchief - The Light of Two Worlds
     Michelle Kwan
     Pablo Picasso, the Inventor of Cubism
     Tiger Woods

Daily Themes
(Grades 3-5)
     Don’t Blow the Record!
     Mickey Mouse's Birthday!
(Grades 6-8)
     American Modern Dance
     Navajo Code Talkers
     Republic Day in Pakistan
     Swallows Return To Capistrano
(Grades 9-12)
     America's Number One Snack

Miscellaneous
(no assigned grade level)
     Amelia Mary Earhart
     Friction
     Jackie Robinson
     Kit Carson
     Native Americans of the Northwest Coast Area
     Native Americans of the Plateau and Great Basin Area
     New York State
     Plate Tectonics
     The Eruption of Mount St. Helens
     Uranus
     Uzbekistan
     Uzbekistan
     Walt Disney – The Great Animator
     What Ever Happened to Amelia Earhart?
     Woman of Flight -- Amelia Earhart
(Grades 3-5)
     "Shikata Ga Nai" - That's Just the Way It Is, Part 1
     Chocolate Chip Cookie Dreams
     Did They Land Before Columbus?
     Dream Catcher - The Life of Ernie Pepion
     Estevanico the Explorer
     Flowing from a River Near You
     Hardscrabble Christmas III
     How an Owl Stopped The Lumberjacks
     Jason Earns His Wings
     Lewis and Clark: A New World (Natural History)
     Olympic Speed Skating
     Pony Express- St. Joseph, Missouri
     Push + Pull = Bridge?
     Sarah Winnemucca - Paiute Princess
     She WILL Skate (**REMOVED: She pulled out... Only relevant to 2006**)
     The Importance of National Parks
     The Pony Express
     The Seal of Approval
     Wagon Trains
     Wendy's World- Migration
(Grades 6-8)
     A Mountain of Garbage
     Adventurous Women
     All About the Biathlon
     Arizona - The True Wild, Wild West
     Belle Starr
     Cable Cars
     Charlie Chaplin - The Tramp
     Creation of the Post Office Department
     Cults - Religion Gone Wrong
     From Rivers to Oceans
     Fun Fads of the Fab Fifties
     How the West was Settled
     Idaho: The Gem State
     Olympic Swimming
     Passing Plates II - Who's Fault?
     Push + Pull = Bridge?
     Ramblin' Around - Life on the Move in the 30s
     Rock Deformation, Part 2
     Shake, Rattle, Richter!
     Slavery and the Law
     Submarine Earthquakes, Part I
     Submarine Earthquakes, Part II
     The Artistry of Water
     The Battle to Create a State: Arizona
     The Black Hills, Where Two Worlds Met
     The History of Tsunamis
     The Louisiana Purchase
     The San Francisco Earthquake
     The Transcontinental Railroad
     Virginia City - A Boom Town
     Voices of the West - African American Pioneers
     Voices of the West - Nat Love
     Water, Water, Everywhere
     West to Freedom - African American Pioneers
     West to Freedom - Nat Love and Bill Pickett
     You Want Fuel With That?
(Grades 9-12)
     "Seizing" Up the Quake: The Prediction
     Campaign Changes - 1960
     Compromises of 1820 and 1850
     Earthquakes and Our Society
     FDR's New Deal - Social Security
     Growing Mountains
     Health Insurance
     John Steinbeck
     Justice Sees Red - The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti, Part 2
     Mineral Super Store
     Rails across America - "Done!" The Last Spike
     Rails across America - The Beginning
     Richard Nixon - The End of a Decade
     Robert Kennedy
     Sid Fleischman
     The "Japanese Problem" of WWII - A Struggle of Fear and Freedom
     The Gas Effect, Part 1
     The Movement of Soil, Part 2
     With Magma You Get Igneous, Part II

Stories
(no assigned grade level)
     Great Aunt Ella's Treasures

Animals
(no assigned grade level)
     Blue-Footed Booby - Introduction
     Blue-Footed Booby
     Bullfrogs
     California Condors
     Deserts
     Flying Fish
     Gulls
     Salamanders
     Sea Otters
(Grades 3-5)
     Big Cats from the Ice Age


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