• Hi, my name is Joe and I am a 5th grader at Maria Montessori Charter Academy.

• I am presenting the state of California to you.

• By the time I am done, you will be booking your flight out here!

California’s FlagCalifornia’s Flag

• The California state flag has a lone star in the upper corner, taken from the Lone Star flag of California.

• The bear on the flag represents the many bears that were seen in the wild her. Symbolically it represents strength.

• The red strip at the bottom is a remembrance of the blood shed during the fight for independence in the Bear Flag Revolt.

• California Republic is below the bear.

State SymbolsState Symbols

• State Tree: California Redwood. Did you know that California has a tree called the Colonel Armstrong? It’s over 1,400 years old, 300+ feet tall and over 16 feet in diameter!

• State Animal: California Grizzly Bear. These bears are now extinct.• State Bird: California Valley Quail.• State Flower: California Golden Poppy. They grow in the wild and

are very pretty. Don’t pick any of them, or else you could go to jail!

More State SymbolsMore State Symbols

• State seal. Our state seal has a grizzly bear, the Greek Goddess Minerva (for wisdom), ships, a gold miner and the word Eureka.

• State Motto: Eureka! This means, “I’ve found it!”• State license plate.• California state quarter from the 50 states mint program

Famous People!Famous People!

• Walt Disney. Yes, the man who came up with Mickey Mouse and Disneyland is from California!

• The “Governator” Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yes, we have a governor who is also a movie star!

California is a great place to visit if you love the outdoors!

Lake Tahoe has some of the coldest and bluest water there is. It’s also a great place to go skiing.

Yosemite has some breath taking views and John Muir helped preserve this land for everyone!

Lake Shasta is a great place to go boating and water skiing! They have houseboats you can rent.

• Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth! It’s open 365 days a year and has all things Disney! You can eat with Disney character and ride many amazing rides!

• Have a love of sea life? Then you need to go to Sea World! The home of Shamu the Killer Whale. They even have a roller coaster or two!

California’s HistoryCalifornia’s History

• California’s history dates back to the time of Queen Elizabeth I. (500+ years ago) England didn’t want Spain getting more land.

• 200 years later, the Spanish sent priests to California to build the missions as trading posts and to also convert the Indians to Christianity.

• After the time of the missions, we came into the ranchos period of our state. This was a time where the Mexican government gave land grants to people to build little “cities” and be loyal to Mexico, not the US. People were called Californios.

History continued…History continued…

• After the ranchos, came the westward movement and settlers were coming out to California. People could travel to California one of two ways:– By Land - in a wagon over the difficult Sierra Nevada mountain

range.– By Sea – in a boat trip that would take months and travel around

the southern tip of South America.

• These settlers ended up having the Bear Flag Revolt, and waged a war against the Mexican rule of California.

• Gold was discovered in 1848 in the hills of Coloma by John Marshall.

• California became a state on September 9, 1850

• California’s resources are broken into three main categories:– Minerals: oil, gold, copper, iron, clay and

borax.– Natural resources: forests, farms, minerals– Human resources: people are resources too!

Everyone who can do a job or service is a human resource.

EconomyEconomy

• California’s economy has four main areas:– Computers and technology (Silicon Valley)– Entertainment and Tourism (Hollywood)– Agriculture (Central California Valley)– Wine producing (Napa/Sonoma Valleys)

What makes California unique?What makes California unique?

• Did you know that California has a HUGE population of the grunion fish?

• The grunion are only found along the coast of Southern California. They come completely out of the water to lay their eggs!

• On high tides and just after a full moon you can see 100s – 1,000s of these fish lining the sandy beaches to lay their eggs.

SourcesSources

• Much of my information came from the following websites:– www.50states.com – http://www.netstate.com – www.californiahistory.org – www.wikipedia.org

• Many of pictures came from either Microsoft Office Clip Art or the above websites and following their external hyperlinks.

Required Elements

Animation Drawn Objects Added Objects

•Slide 3: Title and bullets•Slide 6: Title & photo captions• Slide 11: photos move onto page

•Slide 1: Word Art•Slide 5: Shapes (sun)•Slide 6: Arrows•Slide 7: Arrows•Slide 10: Word Art

Clipart or photos:Slides: 1-7, 11, 12