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Geography of California and the First Californians
Rawls, Chapters 1, 2
California's Terrestrial Ecosystems and Climate Change
First Americans: The California Coast
First Americans: The Pueblo People
First Americans: The Southeast
The Spanish Conquest and Spanish Settlement
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 3, 4
1810: Spain's North American Colonists begin Forging an American Hispanic Identity
Mexican Control of California and the Mexican-American War
Reading: Rawls Chapters 5, 6, 7
1836: Juana Briones Established San Francisco
Oregon Territory to San Francisco
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Gold Rush
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 8, 9
1848: Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill
American Exploration and Conquest
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 10, 11, 12
Rise of Monopoly Capitalism
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 13, 14
Class and Race in Industrial California
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 15–18
California History: The Wild West to the 21st Century
1884 - Joseph and Mary Tape Successfully Challenge San Francisco Public Schools
Labor and Conflict 1880–1920
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 19, 20
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Progressive Reform in California
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 21, 22
The 1920s and Hollywood
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 23, 24
Levi Strauss and California Manufacturing
1908 - Ford introduces the Model T
Muir Woods National Monument - History and Culture
The Great Depression in California
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 25, 26
1939 - Steinbeck Writes The Grapes of Wrath
Mexican Americans and the Depression
The Impact of War
Reading: Rawls, Chapter 27, 28
Race, Politics, Protest and Reaction
Reading: Rawls, Chapters 29–on
A Politicized People - Latinos
1957 - Jack Kerouac Begins the Beat Generation in American Literature
1954 - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
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