California Missions

What Can You Learn About Missions?



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Renee Ramig

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Typical California mission was collection depot for the Indians' gold.


Curriculum Snapshot:
Topic:History
Themes: California Missions
Curriculum Areas:History/Social Science
Grade Level(s):4
California Content Standards
History and Social Science
Grade Four. California: A Changing State
HSS.4.2. Students describe the social, political, cultural, and economic life and interactions among people of California from the pre-Columbian societies to the Spanish mission and Mexican rancho periods.
HSS.4.2.3. Describe the Spanish exploration and colonization of California, including the relationships among soldiers, missionaries, and Indians (e.g., Juan Crespi, Junipero Serra, Gaspar de Portola).
HSS.4.2.4. Describe the mapping of, geographic basis of, and economic factors in the placement and function of the Spanish missions; and understand how the mission system expanded the influence of Spain and Catholicism throughout New Spain and Latin America.
HSS.4.2.5. Describe the daily lives of the people, native and nonnative, who occupied the presidios, missions, ranchos, and pueblos.
HSS.4.2.6. Discuss the role of the Franciscans in changing the economy of California from a hunter-gatherer economy to an agricultural economy.


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