For each state I used a mix of the book series in this post, and the worksheets in
Books:
This Land Called America - California
Videos:
Over California
Homeward Bound - The Incredible Journey
Websites:
Organic California Walnuts - History of the black walnut and the walnuts of California.
Castroville Artichoke Festival - We were ALMOST there for it. We left the day before the festival. But we ate at least 4 artichokes each in honor of the season. (Another quick food fact of CA, I have never paid less than $1.50 for an avocado... there that is SPENDY! lol! I was in avocado heaven!)
Oakland California's Gold Rush
Dairy Council of CA kids games - We saw a LOT of happy California dairy cows. It is amazing how much land they have!
Recipes:
(frankly, you could make just about anything and use ingredients from California. But these are the few we chose because we saw them when we were down there. In fact, we made lemonade down there several times from the Meyer Lemon tree in my mom's back yard.)
ARTICHOKE CRAB DIP
1 c. crab meat
1 c. fresh Parmesan cheese
1 c. Hellman's real mayonnaise
8 oz. can artichoke hearts, diced
1 sm. can water chestnuts
4 oz. sour cream or yogurt
Bake in shallow dish at 400 degrees until cheese bubbles. Serve hot. Toast - to go with dip: Sliced French bread (sliced finely), toasted; or English muffin, toasted in oven on both sides, cut into squares. Serve dip on toasts.
Strawberry Shortcake from All Recipes
Perfect Lemonade: Boil 2 cups of water in a med saucepan. Add 1 cup of sugar while mixing with a whisk. Mix until dissolved. Once you can not see any sugar in the syrup, place ice cubes into the pot to cool it down. Add this to the juice of 4 Meyer lemons (approximately 1 cup of juice) in a pitcher, and fill the pitcher the rest of the way with cold water or ice.
More things we saw growing in the California sun included:
Walnuts
Almonds:
Oranges:
Avocados
Lettuce and Lettuce mixes
Broccoli... you name it. It's there somewhere.
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