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HSS-4.2.2 (History–Social Science)


Standard Identifier: HSS-4.2.2
Content Area: History–Social Science
Grade: 4
Course: California: A Changing State, Grade 4

Overarching Standard:
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.

Standard:
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.

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