California Primary Sources

Download or read book California Primary Sources written by Gallopade International and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in California. The California Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including: - Analysis - Critical Thinking - Point of View - Compare and Contrast - Order of Events - And Much More! Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials! The California Primary Sources Documents are: 1. Engraving of Spanish colonial Presidio of San Francisco and the Golden Gate 1822 2. Illustration of Sutters Fort near Sacramento City, California 1845 3. Map of Mexico including the Yucatan and Alta California 1847 4. Advertisement for "Sailing to California for the California Gold Rush" - 1850 5. Photograph of Sutters Mill location of the first discovery of gold in California triggering the California Gold Rush 1850 6. Photograph of merchant ships crowding San Franciscos harbor during the Gold Rush 1851 7. Painting of the Battle of Veracruz during the Mexican-American War 1851 8. Photograph of Portsmouth Square San Francisco 1851 9. Campaign banner for John C. Fremont, Republican presidential contender in 1856 intended to evoke heroic memories of Fremonts expeditions to the Rocky Mountains in 1842 and 1843 10. Lithograph of a birds-eye view of the city of Sacramento 1857 11. Poster for the Pony Express advertising fast mail delivery from Missouri to California 1860 12. Photograph of the ceremony commemorating driving in the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah completion of the Transcontinental Railroad May 1869 13. Political ca