People of Sacramento
Lesson Plans

Time Detectives
Strategies for examining and analyzing images

Searching for Gold Mountain
The history of Chinese immigration to California

Oral History in Sacramento
Interviews with Sacramento immigrants

Sacramento Odyssey
The internment of thousands of Japanese Americans

Journey West
A wagon journey from Springfield, Illinois to Sacramento

Amelia’s Road
The experience of migrant workers

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Modes of transportation used by immigrants

Town Hall Meeting: Discovery of Historic Cemetery
A debate about historic cemeteries and land development

Scavenger Hunt
An activity to become familiar with this software

Sacramento Trivia
Designing a trivia game about Sacramento’s history