FRAMEWORK GUIDELINES FOR CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The following is a list of curriculum guidelines supported by the California State Framework relevant to museum educational programs.

1. Our Local History: Discovering Our Past and Our Traditions. 3rd grade
   a. California Native American Cultures, Daily Life and the Adaptation of the Cultures to the
   Environment of the Geographic Region
   
2. California: A Changing State. 4th grade
   b. Pre-Columbian Settlements and People
   c. Exploration and Colonial History
   d. Missions, Ranchos, and the Mexican War of Independence
   e. Gold rush, Statehood, and the Westward Movement
   
3. United States History and Geography: Making a New Nation. 5th grade
   f. The Land and People Before Columbus
   g. Age of Exploration
   h. Settling the Colonies
   i. The War of Independence
   j. Life in the Young Republic
   k. The New Nation's Westward Expansion
   l. Linking Past to Present: The American People
   
4. World History and Geography: Medieval and Early Modern Times. 7th grade
   m. Accomplishments of the Mayan, Aztec and Incan civilizations explored in both historical and geographic perspectives
   
5. United States History and Geograpy: Growth and Conflict. 8th grade
   n. Connecting with Past Learning: Our Colonial Heritage
   o. The Divergent Paths of the American People: 1800-1850
   p. The Rise of Industrial America: 1877-1914
   
6. United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century. 11th grade
   q. Connecting with Past Learnings: The Nation's Beginnings
   r. Connecting with Past Learnings: The U.S. to 1900

1. Life Sciences
   a. Characteristics of living things
   b. How structures of living things contribute to the maintenance and growth of the organism
   c. Relationships of living organisms
   d. How life has changed and diversified through time
   e. Ecosystems and the interaction of organisms within them
   
2. Earth Sciences
   f. Plate tectonics and the evolution of the Earth
   g. How rocks and minerals are formed, distinguished and classified
   h. The oceans and different marine environments
   
3. Physical Sciences
   i. Matter and its properties
   j. The basic units of matter
   k. How chemical structures determine the physical properties of matter