Curated OER
Mound Cities
Young scholars learn about Mound Cities and how they both started and stopped. In this Mound instructional activity students explore how Mound Cities did not succeed and why. Young scholars dig deeper then the instructional activity as...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Cabrillo National Monument
This website contains a wealth of information concerning the life of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the National Monument that was built in his memory, and his discovery of California.
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum
This site provides general information, exhibits, museum news, etc. about the San Diego Natural History Museum.
California Institute of Technology
Scec: Significant Earthquakes and Faults
An interactive map of significant earthquakes and faults in southern California. Click on each earthquake icon, and see a brief overview of each event.
Library of Congress
Loc: California History Collection: Spanish California
This site from the Library of Congress contains great, but somewhat brief, information on Spanish California. The text is about three paragraphs long, but has great information on the early Spanish settlers of California.
Other
Rose Institute of State and Local Government
This organization studies State and Local Government in California. It has some nice statistics on local government in California.