• Social Studies test 1- Monday, October 19th

    Social Science-California History

    1. Digital Citizenship

    2. Map Skills

    • Text features included in maps

    • Finding California on a world map and continent map

    • Globe-Latitude and Longitude

    • 2 dimensional map that includes: state capitol, important cities, landmarks, key, directions, knowing bordering states, oceans, and lakes.

    • 3D map that includes regions

    • California resources with an emphasis on the drought and water conservation: Include a student/group project: Ideas for conservation, graphs or charts, average water consumption compared to other states or even north vs south.

         3. Colonial California

    • The First Californians:Spanish Explorers and Settlers-Focus on telling stories of these people and how their lives affected California now and then.

    • Hernado Cortez

    • Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

    • Sir Francis Drake

    • Spanish soldiers and priests

    • Gaspar de Portola

    • Father Junipero Serra

    • Californian missions

    • Map the missions adding on to the map in unit one.



         4. Mexican California

    • Traders in California

    • From Missions to Ranchos

    • Ranchos and Pueblos


         5. Newcomers Change California

    • Pioneers

    • Jedediah Smith

    • Abel Stearns

    • John August Sutter

    • Wagon Trains

    • Mexico Defeated

    • The Gold Rush

    • James W. Marshall

    • The Forty-niners

    • Travel by Sea

    • Mining for gold

    • California becomes a State

    • Family History Project

    • Biddy Mason

    • Law and Order

    • Sandra Day O’Connor

    • Californians Lose Their Land

         6.  Growth and Development

    • The Transcontinental Railroad

    • Agriculture

    • Southern California

    • The New Californians

    • Culture Conflicts

         7.  Modern California