This work examines California's history from 1520 to 1890. It also contains a ethnology of the state's population, economics, and politics.

Jane Bell Kiester transforms the sentence-a-day approach to teaching grammar, usage, and mechanics into an intriguing and easy skill-builder. Teachers of students in grades 3-12 save valuable planning time with these classroom-proven soap opera plots ready for the blackboard or overhead. One story each for elementary, middle, and high school, easily adapted to your own classroom. Includes machine-readable tests, keys, plot outlines, and spin-off activities.

A twelfth-century poem by the creator of the Arthurian romance describes the courageous exploits and triumphs of a brave lord who tries to win back his deserted wife's love