Weekly Modules

Section I: Course Introduction

· Module 1: Welcome! (1 week)

Section II: Early California under Spanish and Mexican Rule (3 weeks)

· Module 2: Origins of California and the Original Californians (1 week)

· Module 3: Spanish Exploration and Colonization (1 week)

· Module 4: After the Mexican Revolution (1 week)

Section III: The Gold Rush, Statehood and Development of the Railroad (2 weeks)

· Module 5: California Gold Rush and the Thirty-Fifth State (1 week)

· Module 6: Building of the Railroad (1 week)

Section IV: Monopoly and Railroads to Progressive Reform (3 weeks)

· Module 7: Power of the Southern Pacific Railroad (1 week)

· Module 8: California at the Turn of the Century (1 week)

· Module 9: Progressives in California (1 week)

Section V: The Great Depression to World War II (2 weeks)

· Module 10: California during the Twenties and Great Depression (1 week)

· Module 11: World War II’s Impact on the State (1 week)

Section VI: Modern California (4 weeks)

· Module 13: Post-War California (1 week)

· Module 14: The Sixties (1 week)

· Module 15: California during the Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties (1 week)

· Module 16: Modern Era (1 week)