STRAND
SAMPLE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, GRADES 3–5
Speaking and Listening
Prepare a brief story to share about a time—either real or
imagined—that the power went out. What happened? What was it
like? What did you do that was different from normal? You might
check out one of the following books for ideas about living without
power: How to Live Without Electricity and Like It by Anita Evangelista
(Lehman’s, 1997), or Living Without Electricity by Stephen Scott and
Kenneth Pellman (People’s Place Book #9, 1990).
SL.3.4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an
experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details,
speaking clearly at an understandable pace. SL.4.4. Report on a
topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized
manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to
support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable
pace. SL.5.4. Report on a topic or text or present an opinion,
sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant,
descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at
an understandable pace.
History – Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
SAMPLE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, GRADES 3–5
Content Standard
Choose one time period in local history before 1934, when the
Hetch Hetchy water project was completed, and prepare a short
report explaining how people acquired and used water and power.
3.1.2 Trace the ways in which people have used the resources of
the local region and modified the physical environment (e.g., a dam
constructed upstream changed a river or coastline while providing
communities with water and power).
BIG IDEAS
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Grades 3–5
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SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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