Davis Joint Unified School District - 526 B Street, Davis, Ca  95616
 

 

Important Dates

Friday, January 30 - Chapter 6 Test

Important Information

Social Studies Text on CD

If you would like a copy of the social studies text to keep at home, it is available from the library on CD-ROM. The CD includes the entire text book and is viewable on your computer. These must be checked out by parents from the school library. Because of the cost of the CDs, they will not be checked out directly to students.

You will need to bring this form completed to the library in order to check out a CD text book.

Unit Links

The Land and Early People

Learn to Speak Wappo

The Wappo Indians lived in Napa Valley. Learn to speak their language here.

Learn to Speak Miwok

This page has sound files so you can hear the phrases.

How to Make Cattail Pollen Pancakes

A traditional Native American recipe.

How to Make a Miniature Birch Bark Canoe

How to Make a Desert Diorama

Printable pieces to recreate the Sonoran Desert.

Yokut Creation Story

The Yokut myth of how California was created.

Why Rabbit has a Short Tail

This is a YouTube video link by Native American storyteller Rich Heape.

Native American Group Dancing

This is a YouTube video link of a Northern California PowWow.

Yokut Indians of the Central Valley

This is a YouTube video link of a newscast about Yokut history.

Yokut Basket Gallery

See the woven baskets of the Yokut.

Antelope Valley Indian Museum

See pictures of real Native American artifacts.

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Current Events

Election 2008

Countdown to the election, information on the candidates, how an election works, games and quizzes, vote online!

Time for Kids

Counties Project

California Counties' Websites

 

 

 

 

Updated 1/13/09

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