4th Grade Social Studies Standards

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  • 4.1

    4.1
    Students demonstrate an understanding of the physical and human geographic features that define places and regions in California.

  • 4.2

    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.

  • 4.3

    4.3
    Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of statehood.

  • 4.4

    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.

  • 4.5

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