California: Towns to Cities 6-Pack for California

Book excerpt: Build literacy skills and social studies content-area knowledge with this nonfiction title! This 6-Pack offers an integrated English language arts approach that specifically addresses California content standards for history-social science, as well as reading, writing, and English language development standards. This primary source title focuses on the history of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Fresno, and the people and events that influenced their transformations from towns to cities. This nonfiction text features intriguing primary sources like maps, letters, images, articles, and photographs. Essential text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents to increase understanding and academic vocabulary. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan that aligns to California's History-Social Science Content Standards.