Charles Wollenberg linkspecializes in California social history of the 20th Century. Among his many books are: All Deliberate Speed: Segregation And Exclusion In California Schools 1855-1975 (UC Press, 1978), Golden Gate Metropolis: Perspectives On Bay Area History(IGS, 1985) and Photographing The Second Gold Rush: Dorothea Lange And The Bay Area At War 1941-45 (Heyday Books, 1995).
Supplemental Sources: Rather than distribute copied material, the speaker recommends that participantts visit the Calisphere website and click on the Gold Rush section under "Collections for Educators." There are six subject areas rregarding the Gold Rush, each with a brief text and photographs and illustrations from the period. The material is keyed to the California standards for the 4th and 5th grades.
