California Social Studies Bundle (4 Packs, Grades K–4)

California standards

California History–Social Science Content Standards. Each activity page shows its standard code in the footer.

• 1.2.1: Locate places on a simple letter-number grid
• 1.2.2: Create a map of a familiar area with labels and a key
• 1.2.3: Locate the community, California, the U.S., the continents and oceans on maps and globes
• 2.2.4: Compare urban, suburban and rural land use in California
• 3.1.1: Identify geographical features in the local region
• 4.1.1: Use latitude and longitude to determine absolute locations
• 4.1.2: Identify the poles, equator, prime meridian, tropics and hemispheres
• 4.1.3: Identify the state capital and describe California's regions and how they affect human activity
• 4.1.4: Explain how the Pacific Ocean, rivers, valleys and mountain passes affected the growth of towns
• 4.1.5: Describe how California communities vary in land use, climate and population
• 4.3.2: Compare how and why people traveled to California and the routes they used
• 4.3.3: Analyze the effects of the Gold Rush on settlements, daily life, politics and the environment
• 4.3.4: Study the lives of women who helped build early California
• 4.3.5: Discuss how California became a state and how its government differed from the Spanish and Mexican periods
• K.1: Understand that being a good citizen involves following rules
• K.2: Recognize national and state symbols such as the flags, the bald eagle and the Statue of Liberty
• 1.3: Know the symbols, icons and traditions of the United States
• 3.4: Understand rules and laws, the three branches of government, and the role of California and sovereign American Indian tribes

Written to support the California History–Social Science Content Standards; not published or endorsed by the California Department of Education.