Grade 4 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 12, Lesson 3

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
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Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 12, Lesson 3 A Growing California (pp. 284-287)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Change Technology, trade, and education helped California to grow in the last 25 years.

Have volunteers supply the details for the main headings: Computer Boom, Pacific Rim Trade, and University System. Discuss with them how their lives may have been affected by the growth and change in these three areas.

Lesson Outline
Use the Lesson Outline to preview the content of the lesson. You may wish to print it for your students as a guide during reading.

Check for Understanding

Have students write job advertisements based on the lesson. They should include the fields of technology, movie-making, export-import trade, and education.
Ask three groups to design symbols focusing on the fields of technology, trade, and education. Each group can place their symbols on an outline map of California, showing California's growing industries.

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