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ED462339 - California--Becoming an Agricultural and Industrial Power. Grade 4 Model Lesson for Unit 3, Standard 4.4. California History-Social Science Course Models.

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ERIC #:ED462339
Title:California--Becoming an Agricultural and Industrial Power. Grade 4 Model Lesson for Unit 3, Standard 4.4. California History-Social Science Course Models.
Authors:Freet, Jane; Porter, Priscilla
Descriptors:Academic Standards; Curriculum Based Assessment; Economics; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Social Studies; State History; State Standards; Student Research; Teacher Developed Materials
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Publisher:California Department of Education, 721 Capitol Mall, 6th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814. Tel: 916-654-6299; Fax: 916-657-4964. For full text: http://www.history.ctaponline.org/center/.
Publication Date:2001-00-00
Pages:54
Pub Types:Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Abstract:This unit focuses on California's growth as an agricultural and industrial power in the 20th century and includes the impact of key people and key historic events. The unit is divided into 4 overlapping topics and should take 10 weeks to implement. Students examine how California became a power by tracing the transformation of the California economy and its political and cultural development since the 1850s. Students learn about their family's migration to California. They investigate the development of California's water systems and the role water has played in California's growth. Students look at the effects of three historic events on California's economic growth: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War II. Students study the development and location of new industries in California since the turn of the century and their effects on the state's economy. They select more than one information source, read maps, study demographics, and analyze resources to add details to graphic organizers. The lesson plan discusses the significance of the topic; presents focus questions; gives literacy links; and provides information and student activities, dividing the topic into "Beginning the Topic"; "Developing the Topic"; and "Culminating the Topic." The assessment is integrated with the instruction and occurs throughout the lesson. Focus questions provide a framework for the evaluation. Extended/correlated activities are suggested. (Contains extensive resources for the sample topic. Additional materials are appended.) (BT)
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Note:Written with Clark Davis and Laura Wendling. For additional related lessons, see SO 033 566-568.
Identifiers:Agricultural Development; California; Industrial Development
Record Type:Non-Journal
Level:2 - Available on microfiche
Institutions:California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento.
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Audiences:Practitioners; Teachers
Languages:English
Education Level:Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
 

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