Connections Between History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools

and

Myth & Reality: The California Gold Rush and Its Legacy

11th Grade, Cultural Diversity: California’s Issue in the 1850’s, the Nation’s Issue in the 1990’s

Lesson Title

History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools

Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills Grades 9-12

Lesson 1: Dream of the Human Spirit-Today and 150Years ago

Part 1

11.11.1 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. Discuss the reasons for the nation's changing immigration policy, with emphasis on how the Immigration Act of 1965 and successor acts have transformed American society.

Chronological and Spatial Thinking #2 and #3. Students analyze how change happens at different rates at different times; understand that some aspects can change while others remain the same; and understand that change is complicated and affects not only technology and politics but also values and beliefs. Students use a variety of maps and documents to interpret human movement, including major patterns of domestic and international migration, changing environment preferences and settlement patterns, the frictions that develop between population groups, and the diffusion of ideas, technological innovations, and goods.

Part 2

11.11.1 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. Discuss the reasons for the nation's changing immigration policy, with emphasis on how the Immigration Act of 1965 and successor acts have transformed American society. 11.10.2 Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. Examine and analyze the key events, policies, and court cases in the evolution of civil rights, including Dred Scott v Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Regents of the University of California v Bakke, and California Proposition 209.

Historical Interpretations #1 and #3. Students show the connections, causal and otherwise, between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments. Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded rather than solely in terms of present-day norms and values.

Connections Between History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools

and

Myth & Reality: The California Gold Rush and Its Legacy

11th Grade, Cultural Diversity: California’s Issue in the 1850’s, the Nation’s Issue in the 1990’s

Part 3

Review of 8th Grade Material

Historical Interpretations #3 and #4. Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded rather than solely in terms of present-day norms and values. Students understand the meaning, implication, and impact of historical events and recognize that events could have taken other directions.

Lesson 2: Population Changes Intense & Dramatic

Part 1

Review of 8th Grade Material

Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View #4. Students construct and test hypotheses; collect, evaluate, and employ information from multiple primary and secondary sources; and apply it in oral and written presentations.

Part 2

11.11.1 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. Discuss the reasons for the nation's changing immigration policy, with emphasis on how the Immigration Act of 1965 and successor acts have transformed American society.

Historical Interpretation #2 and #4. Students recognize the complexity of historical causes and effects, including the limitations on determining cause and effect. Students understand the meaning, implication, and impact of historical events and recognize that events could have taken other directions.

Connections Between History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools

and

Myth & Reality: The California Gold Rush and Its Legacy

11th Grade, Cultural Diversity: California’s Issue in the 1850’s, the Nation’s Issue in the 1990’s

Lesson 3: "Seeing the Elephant:" Myth & Reality in Gold Rush California

11.11.1 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. Discuss the reasons for the nation's changing immigration policy, with emphasis on how the Immigration Act of 1965 and successor acts have transformed American society.

Chronological and Spatial Thinking #3. Students use a variety of maps and documents to interpret human movement, including major patterns of domestic and international migration, changing environment preferences and settlement patterns, the frictions that develop between population groups, and the diffusion of ideas, technological innovations, and goods.

Lesson 4: Legacies of the Gold Rush

Chronological and Spatial Thinking #1. Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons that were learned. Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View #4. Students construct and test hypotheses; collect, evaluate, and employ information from multiple primary and secondary sources; and apply it in oral and written presentations. Historical Interpretation #4. Students understand the meaning, implication, and impact of historical events and recognize that events could have taken other directions.