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Writing

WritingWriting tips and style guidelines

 
 

Quick Quiz

Test your knowledge. What have you learned so far?

 
Unit Five
 

Biography

Dolores Huerta

Biography Dolores Huerta started an organiza-tion to help farm workers.

Biography

Isamu Noguchi

Biography This world-famous sculptor created many beautiful things. Find out more about his life and art.

 California Standard 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.  

 California Standard 4.4.9 Analyze the impact of twentieth-century Californians on the nation's artistic and cultural development, including the rise of the entertainment industry (e.g., Louis B. Meyer, Walt Disney, John Steinbeck, Ansel Adams, [MORE] 

Field Trip

Sacramento

Field Trip Visit California's capitol. See a fort, a mansion, a railroad museum, and another large museum.

Biography

Heather Fong

Biography Heather Fong was the first Chinese American woman to become an officer with the San Francisco Police Department. Then she became the Chief of Police. Learn more about how she earned her job.

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

 California Standard 4.5.5  Describe the components of California's governance structure (e.g., cities and towns, Indian rancherias and reservations, counties, school districts).