Around California Website Links

Introduction

"I Love You California" by the Tuxedo Orchestra 


The Ice Age 


Preview to Lesson 1 

PBS Learning Media video titled Ice Age Bay Area

The Earth 10,000 Years Ago

Ice Age Death Trap by NOVA


Nature Connection

BBC's Columbian Mammoth, Death by Tar—Ice Age Death Trap 

Pygmy Mammoth: Life and Times

Extinction: Smilodon, The Saber-Toothed Tiger Nature & Animal Documentary

When Camels Roamed North America PBS 


The California Indians


Lesson 3 

http://grunion.org/ 


Lesson 7 

Oregon Field Guide: Sandhill Cranes on PBS 


Lesson 9

Buckeyes–natural plant food preparation 

Nature Outside: How to make Manzanita Punch 


Lesson 11 

California Indian Tachi Yokut (14 min video)


Nature Connection 

Sea Lions / Jonathan Bird’s Blue World 

Navy Sea Lions & Dolphins 

How Do Pelicans Survive Their Death-Defying Dives? | Deep Look

Decoding Cute Sea Otter Behaviour | Ocean Stories

The Fantastic Fur of Sea Otters | Deep Look 

Otter: Otter Loses Cub in Freezing Waters | Spy In The Snow | BBC Earth

NPR - To Save a Fox, Scientists Took to Land, Air, and Sea 


Library Connection 

The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island 


Lesson 13 

NCIDC.org

Inaturalist.org  

Ohlone Life at Chitactac  

San Diego's First People—Kumeyaay Native Americans

California Indians: Tachi Yokut 

Traditional Smoked Salmon Tasting in Yurok

California Indian Food and Culture—Tongva People 


Discovery and Exploration


Lesson 3

Ferdinand Magellan/PBS World Explorers


Lesson 4

What Happened to the Aztecs?

Aztecs: Arrival of Cortés and the Conquistadors 


Lesson 5 

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Temescal Valley California Indian Observer Part 1


Nature Connection 

The Mermaid Minute #17  

Garibaldi 

The California Quail

Gray Whale Migration

Killer Whales vs. Gray Whales 


The Mission Era


Junipero Serra and the California Missions


Lesson 1 

St. Francis of Assisi


Lesson 5 

Huell Howser’s California Gold “Swallows” 

Cliff Swallow Nests

Santa Barbara Mission and City Hall 

The Bells of El Camino Real Huell Howser 


Nature Connection 

California Condor

California condors return to the skies after near extinction  

How Bison are Helping Cliff Swallows Build Their Nests

The Golden Trout Chronicles

Methuselah Grove 


Pathfinders and Pioneers


Lesson 1

What was the Mexican-American War?  


Lesson 2

Google Earth  


Lesson 4
 

Jedediah Smith: Story of Us 


Lesson 5
 

The Gila Monster 


Lesson 6 

Pygmy Elephant

Spiny Lobster  

Lobster Locomotion 


Patty Reed’s Doll 


Lesson 2 

Annie Laurie by the Corries  
Ol’ Dan Tucker 

The Girl I Left Behind (55 seconds)


Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer 


Lesson 2 

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail 


Lesson 5 

The Compromise of 1850 Rap 


Lesson 7 

How Did a Grizzly Bear Get on California’s Flag?

The Bear Flag Revolt


The Gold Rush and The Transcontinental Railroad


Lesson 1

Southern Cross 


Lesson 2

Brown Pelican 

Juan Flaco—California's Paul Revere 


John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist   


Lesson 1
 

Aurora Borealis 


Lesson 3 

American Dipper: Wading, Swimming Underwater

John Muir: A Glorious Journey  


Biographical Connection - Pio Pico
 

The Life and Times of Pío Pico (borderlands S2 E1) 


Transcontinental Railroad


Lesson 5

Abraham Lincoln and the Transcontinental Railroad

The Great Train Robbery


Nature Connection 

The World’s Tallest Trees

How the Flying Squirrel Soars


The 20th Century to Contemporary 


Lesson  1 

Audubon Society 


Lesson 4 

Migrant Farm Families—Dorothea Lange


Lesson 5 

1950s Cotton Industry & Cotton Harvesting in Southern USA (10 min) 


Esperanza Rising 


Lesson 3

The Dust Bowl by Ken Burns


Lesson 5
 

1930s Flour Sacks Featured Colorful Patterns For Women To Make Dresses


Library Connection - Julia Morgan 

Curbed San Francisco


Biographical Connection - Adams and Lange 

Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film

Dorothea Lange—An American Odyssey 


Walt Disney 


The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Alice’s Wonderland 

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf (Sing-Along Songs) 

Donald Duck Gets Drafted  


Steve Jobs 


Intel’s “From Sand to Silicon” 

How Apple's "1984" Commercial Changed the Super Bowl Forever

Tin Toy Short Film