SOCIAL SCIENCE FRAMEWORK

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CHAPTER SEVENH ISTORYSOCIAL SCIENCE F RAM EWOR KFOR CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLSKindergarten Through Grade TwelveAdopted by the California State Board of Education Ju ly 2016Published by the California Department of Education Sacramento, 2017Grade FourCHAPTER 7California: A Changing State n Why did different groups of immigrants decide to move to California? n What were their experiences like when they settled in California? n How did the region become a state, and how did the state grow?The history of California is rich with ethnic, SOCIAL , and cultural diversity; economic energy; geographic variety; and growing civic community.

These immigrants include (1) the Spanish explorers, Indians from northern Mexico, Russians, and the Spanish–Mexican settlers of the ... may connect the study of geography to the Next Generation Science Standards through an essential question: How do natural resources, climate, and landforms .

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