Academics explore the topic of life in California Missions for Native Americas. Class members complete a research activity, respond to writing prompts, and engage in hands-on-activities to learn who lived in the missions and what life was like on a daily basis.

Concepts

native americans, hispanic culture, indian history, spanish colonialism, spanish exploration, catholicism, california missions, missionaries, american history

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Lead a group discussion on what pupils think life was like in a mission for Native Americans
• Have learners create images that represent vocabulary words

Classroom Considerations

• Vocabulary words such as mission, presidios, and pueblo may be unfamiliar to students

Pros

• Includes all necessary materials to complete the activities
• Includes extended activities for additional learning 

Cons

• None