General: Standards in History
Content Standard 2A: Students understand the history of their local community. (K-4)
Describe local community life long ago, including jobs, schooling, transportation, communication, religious observances, and recreation.
Content Standard 3A: Students understand the history of indigenous peoples who first lived in his or her state or region (K-4)
Draw upon data in paintings and artifacts to hypothesize about the culture of the early Native Americans who are known to have lived in the state.
Content Standard 3B: Students understand the history of the first settlers who came to their state or region. (K-4)
Examine visual data in order to describe ways in which early settlers adapted to, utilized, and changed the environment.
Content Standard 7A: Students understand the cultures and historical developments of selected societies. (3-4)
Investigate the ways historians learn about the past if there are no written records.
Specific (California standards):
(Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills) Students pose relevant questions about events they encounter in artifacts.
(SS 3.2 #2)Discuss the ways in which physical geography, including climate, influenced how the local Indian nations adapted to their natural environment.
(SS 4.2 #1) Discuss the major nations of California Indians and describe how they depended on, adapted to, and modified the physical environment by cultivation of and use of sea resources.
(SS 5.1 #1) Describe how geography and climate influenced the way various nations lived and adjusted to the natural environment, including locations of villages, the distinct structures that they built, and how they obtained food, clothing, tools, and utensils.