Arts, world languages, health, and social-emotional learning
These subjects show why district-level discovery is essential. California does not maintain a comparable current statewide adopted-product list for every content area, yet local board and educational-services records identify real materials within active curriculum stacks.
Evidence represented: Documented California local examples—not a statewide approval list.
This preliminary sample demonstrates breadth, not statewide prevalence. Each product-to-district relationship should retain its source, adoption date, grade or course scope, and current verification status.
| Program or resource | Publisher / developer | Grade span, pathway, or local signal |
|---|---|---|
| Exploring Visual Design | Davis Publications | Visual arts; locally documented |
| The Annotated Mona Lisa | Andrews McMeel/Michael Publishing listing | Visual arts; locally documented |
| The Photographic Eye | Davis Publications | Photography/visual arts; locally documented |
| Auténtico | Savvas | World language; middle/high school locally adopted 2024 |
| El español para nosotros | McGraw Hill | Spanish for heritage speakers; locally adopted 2024 |
| Integrated Chinese, Volumes 1–4 | Cheng & Tsui | Chinese; locally documented |
| Temas: AP Spanish Language and Culture | Vista Higher Learning | AP Spanish; locally documented |
| American Sign Language | Edgenuity | World language/digital course; locally documented |
| Comprehensive Health Skills for High School | Goodheart-Willcox | Health; locally adopted 2024 |
| Positive Prevention Plus | Positive Prevention Plus | Health/HIV prevention; locally documented |
| Decisions for Health | Holt | Middle-school health; locally documented |
| CharacterStrong | CharacterStrong | SEL; locally adopted for selected schools |
| Soul Shoppe | Soul Shoppe | Elementary SEL; local use documented without board adoption |
How to interpret this preliminary list
Products are discovery anchors, not endorsements. “State adopted or reviewed” means a product entered an official California pathway. “Locally documented” means a California district publicly identified the material as adopted or in use. Absence from this list means unknown—follow-up required, not non-use.