California Gold Rush

Gold Rush Adventure by Linda Lyngheim
ISBN 0915369036 hardcover, 0915369028 paperback
96 pages, Grades 4-6
Price: $11.95 hardcover  Price: $9.95 paperback

The discovery of gold and the adventure of rushing to California to search for it is captured in this exciting book. Chapters on Sutter’s Fort, travel by boat and overland trail, the forty-niners, life in a mining town, tools, women’s role, and the changes to the U.S. recreate this time period. Old b/w photographs and line drawings show the miners and their lives.

California Gold Rush Projects & Activities by Linda Lyngheim
ISBN 0915369060 paperback
56 pages, Grades 3-6
Price: $8.95

A book packed with 40 educational activities, projects, arts, crafts, tests, matching, crossword puzzles, timeline, mining terms, word searches, mining tool identification, routes to California, writing, life in mining towns, women, famous people, maps, crime, outlaws, songs, food, and more. For students, teachers, and parents.

California Missions

The Indians and the California Missions by Linda Lyngheim
ISBN 09153690404 hardcover, 0915369001 paperback
160 pages, Grades 4-6
Price: $11.95 hardcover, $9.95 paperback
                          
The history of the missions and their impact upon the lives of the Native Americans is well researched.  Daily life in the mission community is discussed: religion, work, farming, trades, cooking, recreation, arts, and music.  Chapters on each mission relate their history, stories, and present through b/w photographs and line drawings. Mission model views are shown of each mission. Maps and a biographical sketch of Father Serra are included.

California Mission Projects & Activities by Linda Lyngheim
ISBN 0915369052 paperback
54 pages, Grades 3-6
Price: $8.95

Learning about mission life and history can be fun! This activity book is packed full of 38 educational activities, hands on projects, arts, crafts, tests, models to build, crosswords, maps, model views of missions, and more. Written for teachers, students, and parents.

California Native American Projects and Activities by Linda Lyngheim          
ISBN 0915369010 paperback
52 pages, Grades 3-6
Price: $8.95

The life and cultures of California’s native people of yesterday are recreated in this exciting activity book. Full of 39 educational activities, projects, tests, arts, crafts, maps, daily life, houses, hunting, word searches, fill-ins, music, crossword puzzles, plant food, tools, games, models to make, stories, reports, museums, etc. Written for students, teachers, parents, and homeschoolers.

Father Junipero Serra, The Traveling Missionary by Linda Lyngheim
ISBN 091536901X  limited quantities
96 pages, Grades 3-6  Price: $11.95 hardcover

This fascinating biography highlights the principal events and influences that shaped Father Serra’s life. Beginning with his childhood; it chronicles his priesthood in Spain, missionary days in Mexico, expedition to California, and founding of the first nine California missions.