Crossing Oceans: Immigrating to California 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. California grew by leaps and bounds between the gold rush and 1900. People from different backgrounds emigrated to California in search of new lives. This title focuses on immigration in California from the time of the gold rush to the end of the nineteenth century. Essential text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents to build academic vocabulary and increase understanding. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan that aligns to California's History-Social Science Content Standards.