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Overarching Standard:
HSS-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.

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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).

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

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

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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).

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Explain the structures and functions of state governments, including the roles and responsibilities of their elected officials.

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

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Describe the components of California’s governance structure (e.g., cities and towns, Indian rancherias and reservations, counties, school districts).

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Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

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HSS-8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

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Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

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Analyze the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on government as a means of securing individual rights (e.g., key phrases such as “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”).