California Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterNovember 17, 2008


History
On this day in 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California. Learn more about California here: http://www.elcivics.com/state-lessons/california-lesson-1.pdf
Then take this quiz: http://www.elcivics.com/state-lessons/california-quiz-1.pdf


Vocabulary
Try this California word search: http://homeschooling.about.com/library/blwordca.htm

Writing Prompt
In October 2003, Governor Davis was recalled and Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected the new governor. Write a letter to the editor stating your opinion as to why he will be a decent governor or why you believe he will not be a decent governor. Use this checklist to make sure your letter has all of the components of a persuasive letter: http://teacher.scholastic.com/LessonPlans/checklist.pdf

Reading
Learn more about California here: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/programs/pdf/chs_edu_bk2.pdf

Geography
Print out this map of California: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/states/ca/ use an atlas or this site: http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/state/california.html to label the following cities:
1. Sacramento
2. Los Angeles
3. Lake Tahoe
4. San Francisco
5. Redding
Place a star next to the city that is the state capitol.

Don’t Forget About The Math Challenge:
http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2008/11/homeschool-math-challenge-nov-17.html


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