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The View from Emeryville: The Use of the Emeryville Shellmound Site in the Teaching to California History and Social Science Strands and Content Standards
Goals & Curriculum Strands
Social Science & Historical Analysis Skills
Grade Level Content Standards
Goals & Curriculum Strands
Goals & Curriculum Strands | Relevance of Emeryville Shellmound Material |
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Knowledge and cultural understanding | Perspective of 2,800 years of change in the Bay Region; appreciation of contribution of diverse cultures to our history |
Democratic understanding and civic values | Understanding that many factors play into the process of change and decision making in a community |
Attainment and social participation | Engagement in the story of their own local community |
Social Science & Historical Analysis Skills
Social Science & Historical Analysis Skills |
Relevance of Emeryville Shellmound Material |
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Chronological and spatial thinking | Time lines, archaeological data, historic and modern maps and historic events all contribute to chronological sequencing events in time and of changes of the locale through time |
Research, evidence and point of view | Archaeological data is provided as a primary source of information about the past. Artifacts and historic photos provide opportunities to understand changing points of view, and also to appreciate that each culture must solve a similar set of problems, and the solutions may be very different, |
Historical interpretation | Study of a long sequence of change in a single locale provides a context for interpretation of historical change |
Grade Level Content Standards