California Mission Project - 4th Grade

Welcome: California Mission Project - 4th Grade
Description: Students will explore the California Missions and select a mission to research from the list. In order to develop a deeper understanding of the missions and the Spanish era in early California, they will travel back in time to learn about the history of their mission, its effects on the people and land of the time, the many aspects of its residence, and the mission today.
Grade Level: 3-5
Curriculum: Social Studies
Keywords: California, Mission, Franciscan Missionary, Junipero Serra, secularized, steeple, cornerstone, adobe, bell tower, mission compound, mission grounds, mission quadrangle, El Camino Real, Alta California, Native, Indians.
Author(s): Helen Lissick