Course Description
A multidimensional approach to the study of California. From the discovery, exploration, and settlement to statehood in 1850. This course includes a multimedia approach enabling the student to acquire a real feel for the area.
Credits: 5
Languages: English and Spanish
Course Content
Unit I - Indian Culture, Spanish Exploration, and Colonization
- Identify terms, people, and places
- Answer questions about lifestyle, major events, and political organizations
- Explain myths and fables in California history
Unit II - Spanish Settlements, the Mexican Period, and Foreign Conquest
- Identify terms, people, and places
- Answer questions about lifestyle, major events, and political organizations
- Explain organizations of the system of economic life
Unit III - Mountain Men and Pioneer Settlers
- Identify terms, people, and places
- Answer questions of lifestyle and major events
- Explain significant passages
Unit IV - The American Conquest
- Identify terms, people and places
- Answer questions of lifestyle, major happenings, and political events
- Respond to quotations of historical merit
Unit V - The Gold Rush
- Identify terms, people, and places
- Answer questions of lifestyle, major events, and political and social organizations
- Respond to quotations of historical merit
- Explain the part music played
