Timeline: Grade Four History and Social Science Standards

Aug 4, 2019

Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the physical and human geographic features that define places and regions in California.

Aug 5, 2019

4.1.1: Explain and use the coordinate grid system of latitude and longitude to determine the absolute locations of places in California and on Earth.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/using-grid-zoo-map/

Aug 6, 2019

4.1.2: Distinguish between the North and South Poles; the equator and the prime meridian; the tropics; and the hemispheres, using coordinates to plot locations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq3Cdc8awWQ

Aug 7, 2019

4.1.3: Identify the state capital and describe the various regions of California, including how their characteristics and physical environments (e.g., water, landforms, vegetation, climate) affect human activity.

Aug 8, 2019

4.1.4: Identify the locations of the Pacific Ocean, rivers, valleys, and mountain passes and explain their effects on the growth of towns.

Aug 9, 2019

4.1.5: Use maps, charts, and pictures to describe how communities in California vary in land use, vegetation, wildlife, climate, population density, architecture, services, and transportation.

Aug 10, 2019

4.2 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.

https://calisphere.org/exhibitions/3/items/ark:/13030/tf0b69n9ws/

Aug 11, 2019

4.2.1:

Discuss the major nations of California Indians, including their geographic distribution, economic activities, legends, and religious beliefs; and describe how they depended on, adapted to, and modified the physical environment by cultivation of land and use of sea resources.
https://calisphere.org/exhibitions/3/items/ark:/13030/hb167nb181/

Aug 12, 2019

4.2.2:

Identify the early land and sea routes to, and European settlements in, California with a focus on the exploration of the North Pacific (e.g., by Captain James Cook, Vitus Bering, Juan Cabrillo), noting especially the importance of mountains, deserts, ocean currents, and wind patterns. https://www.californiafrontier.net/early-exploration/

Aug 14, 2019

4.2.3: Describe the Spanish exploration and colonization of California, including the relationships among soldiers, missionaries, and Indians (e.g., Juan Crespi, Junipero Serra, Gaspar de Portola).

http://calihist.weebly.com/spanish-exploration-encounters-and-the-mission-system-secularization-and-mexican-california-the-rancho-period.html

Aug 15, 2019

4.2.4:

Describe the mapping of, geographic basis of, and economic factors in the placement and function of the Spanish missions; and understand how the mission system expanded the influence of Spain and Catholicism throughout New Spain and Latin America
https://historical.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous/ephemera/early-california-missions-archive/a/6221-43627.s
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/california-missions/

Aug 16, 2019

4.2.5: Describe the daily lives of the people, native and nonnative, who occupied the presidios, missions, ranchos, and pueblos.

https://www.alamy.com/california-mission-with-padres-spanish-soldiers-and-native-americans-image3571040.html

Aug 17, 2019

4.2.6: Discuss the role of the Franciscans in changing the economy of California from a hunter-gatherer economy to an agricultural economy.

https://angelusnews.com/local/california/always-forward-never-back/

Aug 18, 2019

4.2.7: Describe the effects of the Mexican War for Independence on Alta California, including its effects on the territorial boundaries of North America.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/expansion-and-the-mexican-american-war/

Aug 19, 2019

4.2.8: Discuss the period of Mexican rule in California and its attributes, including land grants, secularization of the missions, and the rise of the rancho economy.

https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/hunting-our-horticulture-heritage/
https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1969/january/part3-2/

Aug 20, 2019

4.3 Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of statehood.

https://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war/bear-flag-revolt

Aug 21, 2019

4.3.1: Identify the locations of Mexican settlements in California and those of other settlements, including Fort Ross and Sutter’s Fort.

https://suttersfort.org/about/historical-resources/#:~:text=The%20History%20of%20Sutter's%20Fort&text=This%20empire%20established%20Sacramento's%20earliest,Coloma%2C%20on%20the%20American%20River.

Aug 22, 2019

4.3.2: Compare how and why people traveled to California and the routes they traveled (e.g., James Beckwourth, John Bidwell, John C. Fremont, Pio Pico).

https://www.loc.gov/maps/?fa=contributor%3Afremont%2C+john+charles&dates=1840-1849

Aug 23, 2019

4.3.3: Analyze the effects of the Gold Rush on settlements, daily life, politics, and the physical environment (e.g., using biographies of John Sutter, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Louise Clapp).

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldrush-impact-california/

Aug 24, 2019

4.3.4: Study the lives of women who helped build early California (e.g., Biddy Mason).

https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/biddy-mason-and-the-founding-of-los-angeles-from-slavery-to-entrepreneurship

Aug 25, 2019

4.3.5: Discuss how California became a state and how its new government differed from those during the Spanish and Mexican periods.

https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23856#:~:text=In%201849%2C%20Californians%20sought%20statehood,state%20on%20September%209%2C%201850.&text=California%20situated%20its%20first%20capital%20in%20San%20Jose.

Aug 26, 2019

4.4 Students explain how California became an agricultural and industrial power, tracing the transformation of the California economy and its political and cultural development since the 1850s.

https://calisphere.org/exhibitions/essay/5/population-growth/

Aug 27, 2019

4.4.1: Understand the story and lasting influence of the Pony Express, Overland Mail Service, Western Union, and the building of the transcontinental railroad, including the contributions of Chinese workers to its construction.

https://www.history.com/news/transcontinental-railroad-chinese-immigrants

Aug 28, 2019

4.4.2: Explain how the Gold Rush transformed the economy of California, including the types of products produced and consumed, changes in towns (e.g., Sacramento, San Francisco), and economic conflicts between diverse groups of people.

https://ronhenggeler.com/Newsletters/2016/8.20/Newsletter.html

Aug 29, 2019

4.4.3:

Discuss immigration and migration to California between 1850 and 1900, including the diverse composition of those who came; the countries of origin and their relative locations; and conflicts and accords among the diverse groups (e.g., the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act). https://1882foundation.org/resources/

Aug 30, 2019

4.4.4: Describe rapid American immigration, internal migration, settlement, and the growth of towns and cities (e.g., Los Angeles).

https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/historical-timeline-of-los-angeles

Aug 31, 2019

4.4.5: Discuss the effects of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War II on California.

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/northern-california/depression-photos-nor-cal/

Sep 1, 2019

4.4.6:

Describe the development and locations of new industries since the turn of the century, such as the aerospace industry, electronics industry, large-scale commercial agriculture and irrigation projects, the oil and automobile industries, communications and defense industries, and important trade links with the Pacific Basin. https://www.aoghs.org/petroleum-pioneers/first-california-oil-well/

Sep 2, 2019

4.4.7: Trace the evolution of California’s water system into a network of dams, aqueducts, and reservoirs.

https://banningca.gov/538/The-History-of-Economic-Development-in-B

Sep 3, 2019

4.4.8: Describe the history and development of California’s public education system, including universities and community colleges.

https://calisphere.org/item/8b2c879f-56d4-4a53-b6f9-4b73c054a1ed/

Sep 4, 2019

4.4.9:

Analyze the impact of twentieth-century Californians on the nation’s artistic and cultural development, including the rise of the entertainment industry (e.g., Louis B. Meyer, Walt Disney, John Steinbeck, Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, John Wayne).
https://www.biography.com/artist/ansel-adams

Sep 5, 2019

4.5 Students understand the structures, functions, and powers of the local, state, and federal governments as described in the U.S. Constitution.

https://www.senate.ca.gov/photogallery

Sep 6, 2019

4.5.1: Discuss what the U.S. Constitution is and why it is important (i.e., a written document that defines the structure and purpose of the U.S. government and describes the shared powers of federal, state, and local governments).

https://www.nps.gov/articles/california-and-the-19th-amendment.htm

Sep 7, 2019

4.5.2: Understand the purpose of the California Constitution, its key principles, and its relationship to the U.S. Constitution

https://californiaglobe.com/legislature/californias-constitution-its-structure-and-functions/

Sep 8, 2019

4.5.3:

Describe the similarities (e.g., written documents, rule of law, consent of the governed, three separate branches) and differences (e.g., scope of jurisdiction, limits on government powers, use of the military) among federal, state, and local governments.
https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government