www.museumca.org/gold rush Oakland Museum of California's excellent gold rush site. score.rims.k12.ca.us This is California's prime history-social science site that lists everything from state standards for each grade, to lesson plans, and literature suggestions. www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp California's homepage. Go to the History and Culture page and find, among other things, statistics for population, agriculture, etc. at various times in history. www.escusd.k12.ca.us/mission_trail/MissionTrail.html. A wonderful compilation of information about each mission, clearly organized and well-written by children from around the state. www.ca-missions.org/contact.html Links to many sites about not only missions, but other California history topics. www.mip.berkeley.edu/cilc_images/bibs/maps/tribemap.gif An excellent map to answer that question of what tribes are where in California. www.mip.berkeley.edu/cilc/basket.html Photos of an array of baskets with descriptions of what they were used for by their Native California makers. www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views.html This is the online version of a wonderful book that is out of print. It is a teacher resource listing sites around the state of California linked to the history of Native Americans, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican, and African-Americans. It also includes valuable information about the coming and experiences of these people in California. www.nps.gov The National Park Service has an excellent website with backgournd information about each of its sites, great photos of artifacts from various eras, and stories that go with the wide variety of history the national park service manages.