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

and

Myth & Reality: The California Gold Rush and Its Legacy

4th Grade Volume 1, Part I, "A Ripping Trip"

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History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools

Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills Grades K-5

1. Crying the New!

4.3.4 Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of Statehood. Study the lives of women who helped build early California (e.g., Biddy Mason).

Chronological and Spatial Thinking #3 Students explain how the present is connected to the past; identifying both similarities and differences between the two , and how some things change over time and some things stay the same.

2. A Moment in Time (California Before Gold)

4.2.5 Students describe the social, political, cultural, and economic life and interactions among people of California from the pre-Columbian societies to the Spanish mission and Mexican rancho periods. Describe the daily lives of the people, native and non-native, who occupied the presidios, missions, ranchos, and pueblos

Chronological and Spatial Thinking #1. Students place key events and people of the historical era they are studying in a chronological sequence and within a spatial context; they interpret time lines.

3. Keeping a Journal

4.3.2 Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of Statehood. Compare how and why people traveled to California and the routes they traveled (e.g., James Beckwourth, John Bidwell, John C. Fremont, Pio Pico).

Historical Interpretation #1. Students summarize the key events of the era they are studying and explain the historical contexts of those events.

4. Mapping the Route

4.3.2 and 4 Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of Statehood. Compare how and why people traveled to California and the routes they traveled (e.g., James Beckwourth, John Bidwell, John C. Fremont, Pio Pico). Study the lives of women who helped build early California (e.g., Biddy Mason).

Chronological and Spatial Thinking #4 Students use maps and globe skills to determine the absolute locations of places and interpret information available through a map's or globe's legend, scale, and symbolic representations.

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

and

Myth & Reality: The California Gold Rush and Its Legacy

4th Grade Volume 1, Part I, "A Ripping Trip"

5. Hoist Sail

4.3.2 and 4 (see lesson 4)

Historical Interpretation #1. Students summarize the key events of the era they are studying and explain the historical contexts of those events.

6. Argonauts All

4.3.2 and 4 (see lesson 4)

Historical Interpretation #1. Students summarize the key events of the era they are studying and explain the historical contexts of those events.

7. Astonishing Sights

4.3.2 Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of Statehood. Compare how and why people traveled to California and the routes they traveled (e.g., James Beckwourth, John Bidwell, John C. Fremont, Pio Pico).

Historical Interpretation #1. Students summarize the key events of the era they are studying and explain the historical contexts of those events.

8. Tragedy Strikes

Historical Interpretation #1 & # 3. Students summarize the key events of the era they are studying and explain the historical contexts of those events. Students identify and interpret the multiple causes and effects of historical events

9. Food, Water and Wind

4.3.2 and 4 (see lesson 4)

Historical Interpretation #1. Students summarize the key events of the era they are studying and explain the historical contexts of those events.

10. San Francisco Ahoy!

4.3.4 Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of Statehood. Study the lives of women who helped build early California (e.g., Biddy Mason).

Historical Interpretation #1. Students summarize the key events of the era they are studying and explain the historical contexts of those events.

11. California by Land or Sea?

Historical Interpretation #3 Students identify and interpret the multiple causes and effects of historical events.