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A Journey Across America: California, Student Textbook
Author(s): RCL Benziger
Pages: 160
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THE JOURNEY ACROSS AMERICA: CALIFORNIA, STUDENT TEXTBOOK
This textbook presents a narrative history of California infused with a Catholic worldview. The book engages the student through colorful photos, maps, narrative writing, and thumbnail biographies.
GRADE RANGE: 4
Written by Catholic Textbook Project’s General Editor, Christopher Zehnder, the book engages the student through colorful photos, maps, narrative writing, and thumbnail biographies.
Product Details:
- 160 pages
- Hardcover
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| Journey Across America: California Student eBook | Journey Across America: California Student Workbook | Journey Across America: California Teacher Manual |
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Table of Contents
| Preface | vii |
| From the Founding General Editor, CTP | x |
| Chapter 1 - The Discovery of California | 1 |
| Chapter 2 - California's First People | 15 |
| Chapter 3 - The Apostle of California | 35 |
| Chapter 4 - Spanish California | 51 |
| Chapter 5 - California Becomes Mexican | 65 |
| Chapter 6 - The Conquest of California | 77 |
| Chapter 7 - The Gold Rush | 93 |
| Chapter 8 - War, Mails, and Rails | 105 |
| Chapter 9 - A Time of Growth and Struggle | 115 |
| Chapter 10 - How Today's California Came to Be | 131 |
| Index | 145 |
| FULL-PAGE MAPS | |
| Map of Spanish and Mexican Alta California | 50 |
| American California in the 19th Century | 92 |
| California in the 20th and 21st Centuries | 130 |
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