Explore California's rich past with this collection of primary source titles! With a focus on the history of California from the 20th century to the present day, students will learn about California's state government, education system, water system, geography, and influential Californians. Build students' reading skills and social studies literacy with dynamic primary source artifacts including maps, letters, documents, and images that provide authentic reading materials and keep students interested in learning. This high-interest set includes nonfiction readers and biographies, and each book has essential text features like a glossary, index, captions, table of contents, and fascinating sidebars. The Read and Respond section and Your Turn culminating activity prompt students to dive deeper into the text for additional reading and learning as they develop higher-order thinking skills. These books connect to California state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework, and the leveled texts accommodate different reading levels, making differentiation easy to implement. This set includes the following titles: California in the 20th Century, California's Complex Water System, Education in California, Californians Who Made a Difference, Governing the Golden State, and Geography of California.