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
Nature Connection
BBC's Columbian Mammoth, Death by Tar—Ice Age Death Trap
Extinction: Smilodon, The Saber-Toothed Tiger Nature & Animal Documentary
When Camels Roamed North America PBS
The California Indians
Lesson 3
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
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
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
Aztecs: Arrival of Cortés and the Conquistadors
Lesson 5
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Temescal Valley California Indian Observer Part 1
Nature Connection
The Mission Era
Junipero Serra and the California Missions
Lesson 1
Lesson 5
Huell Howser’s California Gold “Swallows”
Santa Barbara Mission and City Hall
The Bells of El Camino Real Huell Howser
Nature Connection
California condors return to the skies after near extinction
How Bison are Helping Cliff Swallows Build Their Nests
Pathfinders and Pioneers
Lesson 1
What was the Mexican-American War?
Lesson 2
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
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
Lesson 7
How Did a Grizzly Bear Get on California’s Flag?
The Gold Rush and The Transcontinental Railroad
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Juan Flaco—California's Paul Revere
John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist
Lesson 1
Lesson 3
American Dipper: Wading, Swimming Underwater
Biographical Connection - Pio Pico
The Life and Times of Pío Pico (borderlands S2 E1)
Transcontinental Railroad
Lesson 5
Abraham Lincoln and the Transcontinental Railroad
Nature Connection
The 20th Century to Contemporary
Lesson 1
Lesson 4
Migrant Farm Families—Dorothea Lange
Lesson 5
1950s Cotton Industry & Cotton Harvesting in Southern USA (10 min)
Esperanza Rising
Lesson 3
Lesson 5
1930s Flour Sacks Featured Colorful Patterns For Women To Make Dresses
Library Connection - Julia Morgan
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
Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf (Sing-Along Songs)
Steve Jobs
Intel’s “From Sand to Silicon”
How Apple's "1984" Commercial Changed the Super Bowl Forever