SS Ch 6 Lesson 2: The Story Of San Jose

Vocabulary:

public property: property (building) used by all people, like a library, parks, beaches
private property: property that belongs to one person like houses, businesses, & farms
industry: type of business
technology: new inventions people use every day


How has San Jose grown and changed?
1st people: Ohlone indians They ate berries, acorns, vegetables, rabbits, dear, & antelope

1700s Spanish land was good for farming & raising cattle, farms provided food & cattle for nearby presidios

1846-1849 population boom because of gold rush
1850 San Jose pop. 4,000
March 27, 1850 San Jose 1st official city in CA, used to be the capital of Ca.
1860's changes in San Jose: streets were improved, a streetcar line was built, a courthouse & hotels were added, & the railroad between San Jose & San Francisco was finished

1876 San Jose - fruit shipping capital of Ca

1940s 1/2 million military people came to Ca during World War II, large businesses for spacecraft & computers moved into the area
Silicon Valley - new nickname for San Jose / Santa Clara Valley

NOW - 3rd largest city in Ca, many people moved there for computer jobs & pop. close to 1 million

Tests April 29-May 3

Wednesday
1. Math Ch 13 Test

Thursday
1. Social Studies Ch 6 Lesson 2 Quiz
2. Reading Vocabulary Quiz: Across the Wide Dark Sea words

Friday
1. Religion Ch 24 Test
2. Spelling Test: Animals Habitats Review words
3. Across the Wide Dark Sea Comprehension Test

Social Studies Ch 6, Lesson 1

Social Studies Chapter 6, Lesson 1

Vocabulary:
entrepreneur: someone who starts and runs a business

communication: the sharing of information

transcontinental: something that goes across the continent

immigrant: someone who comes to live in a country from somewhere else in the world

invention: something that has been made for the first time

port: a place for ships to dock and pick up goods or passengers


Communities Grow
How did California change during and after the gold rush?
1. Many people came to California and made money from something other than gold
Most people didn't find any ________
Californians found other ways to make money. Like:
   1. Levi _________ - made pants = jeans!
   2. Domingo _________ - made chocolate
2. People developed new ways to travel and communicate
    A. Telegraph lines helped communication with California, but still couldn't move goods & people quickly
    B. Transcontinental Railroad
idea from Theodore Judah
           "Big Four" started/ paid for Central Pacific Railroad Company
  One side of the railroad started in Sacramento in 1863,
                many immigrants came from China to help build the railroad
Union Pacific workers built westward
  They met in Utah in 1869

Changes from the railroad:
1. Many people moved to California
2. business grew quickly
3. Chinese immigrants started businesses there



1870 - trains brought people and goods to Sacramento - boats would carry the goods to San Francisco down the Sacramento River
1876 a railroad connected San Francisco & Los Angeles, then another RR connected LA with the Middle West
lots of people came to Ca to buy land & they grew citrus fruits (like oranges & lemons)
in the late 1800s refrigerated railroad cars allowed these farmers to ship their oranges & lemons to the east coast
1899 LA leaders began building a larger port, the town of San Pedro became part of LA, waterways were made deeper and wider (for big ships) & new docks were added

Science Ch 7 Lesson 2 Study Guide

Vocabulary:
- planet
- solar system

What is gravity? What does it affect/cause in our Solar System?

What are the eight planets? List them in order starting with the closest to the Sun.

What makes a planet have a short "year" or a long "year"?

Tests April 15 - 19

Wednesday
1. Math Ch 12 Test
2. Social Studies Ch 5 Test

Thursday
1. Grammar Quiz on the verb "be"
2. Science Ch 7 Lesson 2 Quiz
3. Vocabulary Quiz on Nights of the Pufflings words

Friday
1. Reading Comprehension Test: Nights of the Pufflings
2. Phonics Unit 5 Test
3. Spelling Test: Seal Surfer words & Animal Habitats Reading-Writing workshop challenge words
4. Religion Ch 22 Test

Tests April 8-12

Wednesday
1. Social Studies Ch 5 Lesson 3 Quiz

Friday
1. Spelling Test: Nights of the Pufflings words
2. Religion Ch 21 Test
3. Math Ch 12 Quiz