Curriculum Collection
The Curriculum Collection, a representative collection of textbooks for grades K-12, is located in the northwest corner of the second floor of the HSU Library. These materials are listed in the Library catalog. The collection includes currently adopted California textbooks, a limited number of older textbooks as representative examples of the treatment of minorities and women in textbooks, and major historical curriculum projects.
Most of the textbooks are for grades K-8, with a few titles for grades 9-12. Teacher editions, rather than student editions, are purchased if available.
The textbooks are arranged by broad subject area according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Within each subject the textbooks are arranged alphabetically by publisher and then by grade level. These are the Dewey categories which are used:
300 Social sciences (K-8)
301 Bilingual/Bicultural education
421 Spelling, handwriting
428 English
428.24 English as a second language
438-470 Foreign languages
500 Science
510 Mathematics
512 Algebra
516 Geometry
530 Physics
540 Chemistry
570 Biology
570.4 Ecology
600 Industrial arts
613 Health
700 Art
780 Music
800 Reading/Literature
900 World history
970 U.S. history (includes civics, government and legal education)
SPECIAL THINGS in the Curriculum Collection include materials published
in Humboldt County and/or pertaining to the local area. In 301
(Bilingual/Bicultural education), there are two sets of materials about
Native Americans.
In the science area there is a set of texts written by Doris Kildale Niles
which covers the flora and fauna of Humboldt County and an environmental
education curriculum developed by the Humboldt County Office of Education
called the Green Box.
CURRENT FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS are online at the California Department of Education.