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HSS-3.5 Students demonstrate basic economic reasoning skills and an understanding of the economy of the local region.

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Discuss the relationship of students’ “work” in school and their personal human capital.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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HSS-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.

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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.

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HSS-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.

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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.