California History 4th Grade State Study Bundle–All Content–No Textbook Needed

Our California History Interactive Notebook Bundle includes all FIVE of our California History Units with TWENTY FOUR LESSONS (ALL CONTENT INCLUDED – NO ADDITIONAL TEXTBOOK NEEDED) and TWENTY FIVE Interactive Notebook Assignments, all aligned with California's Fourth Grade History–Social Science Standards. (If you need to meet 100% of the California Standards, also check out our California Geography and California Government & Economy Bundles).

We've included all of the content and informational text for each lesson (no textbook required!); short answer and multiple choice questions after each and every lesson to focus on the lesson's main ideas and assess informational text comprehension; language skills that foster literacy in Social Studies; step-by-step mapping, graphing, and coordinate pairs activities; expository and creative writing assignments (we take students through the writing process); how-to-make and how-to-draw activities to practice functional text comprehension, vocabulary quizzes, and end-of-unit tests.

UNIT 1 – CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE AND NATIVE AMERICANS

• Lesson One – California's Northwestern Cultures
• Lesson Two – California's Northeastern Cultures
• Lesson Three – California's Central Cultures
• Lesson Four – California's Great Basin Cultures
• Lesson Five – California's Southern Cultures
• Lesson Six – California's Colorado Cultures

Interactive Notebook Assignments in Unit 1 include Two-Pocket Vocabulary Organizer, Four-Fold Fact Organizer featuring California's Salmon, First People Mapping Organizer, and First People Accordion Organizer. In addition to comprehension questions after each lesson, a Vocabulary Quiz, and an End-of-Unit Test, students will also write an expository paragraph about California's Salmon; follow written directions to assemble a Great Basin dwelling and village; and use a grid system of number and letter coordinates to plot native culture sites on a California map.

UNIT 2 – CALIFORNIA'S EXPLORERS & MISSIONARIES

• Lesson One – Hernando Cortes
• Lesson Two – Cabeza de Vaca
• Lesson Three – Juan Cabrillo
• Lesson Four – Sir Francis Drake
• Lesson Five – Spanish Missions

Interactive Notebook Assignments in Unit 2 include Vocabulary Circle Flaps, California's Explorers Interactive Booklet, Spanish Explorer Interactive Time Line, and Spanish Missions Find the Fib Two-Pocket Organizer. In addition to comprehension questions after each lesson, a Vocabulary Quiz, and an End-of-Unit Test, students will also differentiate between Primary and Secondary Sources; use number coordinates to solve a Spanish Explorer Grid Math puzzle; use positive and negative coordinate pairs to locate California's Spanish Missions; answer thought-provoking Discussion Questions about California's Spanish Missions; and conduct a Spanish Missions Research Project.

UNIT 3 – CALIFORNIA'S FUR TRADE & FAMOUS TRAILS

• Lesson One – The Louisiana Purchase
• Lesson Two – Russian Fur Traders
• Lesson Three – California's Mountain Men
• Lesson Four – Famous Trails

Interactive Notebook Assignments in Unit 3 include Vocabulary Flaps, Big Idea Question Flip Books, and Pioneer Interactive Notebook Journal. In addition to comprehension questions after each lesson, a Vocabulary Quiz, and an End-of-Unit Test, students will also answer pre-writing questions before writing a Mountain Man Story; follow written directions to draw a Beaver and a Sea Otter; and differentiate between Primary and Secondary Sources.

UNIT 4 – TERRITORIAL DAYS & CALIFORNIA'S STATEHOOD

• Lesson One – The Mexican War
• Lesson Two – The Gold Rush
• Lesson Three – Gold Rush Mining Towns
• Lesson Four – Slavery
• Lesson Five – California's Statehood
• Lesson Six – The Civil War

Interactive Notebook Assignments in Unit 4 include Vocabulary Booklets, Big Idea Questions Pocket Foldable Cards & Pocket Organizer, Territorial Town Pop-Up Card, Compare & Contrast Note Taking Chart, Civil War Venn Diagram Organizer, and Primary Source Interactive Wheel. In addition to comprehension questions after each lesson, a Vocabulary Quiz, and an End-of-Unit Test, students will also answer pre-writing questions before writing a Mexican War letter; properly address an envelope; follow written directions to assemble a Covered Wagon Model; differentiate between Primary and Secondary Sources; write an Expository Compare and Contrast Paragraph about the Union and Confederacy; read about Biddy Mason and answer thought-provoking Discussion Questions; follow written directions to color California's state flag; and use number and letter coordinates to solve a State Seal Grid Math puzzle.

UNIT 5 – WORLD WAR I, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AND WORLD WAR II

• Lesson One – World War I
• Lesson Two – The Great Depression
• Lesson Three – World War II

Interactive Notebook Assignments in Unit 5 include Vocabulary Puzzles & Puzzle Envelopes Foldable, World War I Four-Fold Organizer, Great Depression Four-Fold Organizer, World War II Four-Fold Organizer, Franklin D. Roosevelt Cause & Effect Foldable, Japanese Relocation Center Accordion Foldable. In addition to comprehension questions after each lesson, a Vocabulary Quiz, and an End-of-Unit Test, students will also use reference points, coordinate directions, and intermediate directions to plot Japanese Relocation Centers on a map; differentiate between Primary and Secondary Sources; analyze World War II Primary Source Posters; and follow written directions to assemble a WWII P-47 Thunderbolt Model.

Each Unit includes its own context-appropriate Glossary, Answer Pages, and Grading Rubrics for the Writing Exercises, How to Make Activities, and Interactive Notebook Assignments.

Please download the Preview for each Unit to view the complete Unit Plans, California's History–Social Science Standards Alignment, as well as sample Lessons and Activities.

OUR OTHER CALIFORNIA AND WEST REGION RESOURCES:

CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHY INTERACTIVE BUNDLE – TEN LESSONS

CALIFORNIA ANIMALS BUNDLE – NINE LESSONS

CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY INTERACTIVE BUNDLE – TEN LESSONS

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