Missions, Ranchos, & MEXICAN War OF INDEPENDENCE

REsources for all

Mission Santa Barbara: Education resources page from a private research archive with activity booklet and videos of mission life today.

Original documents: Standford History Education Group provides a pdf of primary sources and thought provoking activity

Let's Draw a Mission: artist's video teaches you how to use use Spanish colonial style

Minecraft Mission: example of student work inspired by Mission San Diego

Mission Santa Clara: Reference materials offered by the Mission museum

California Museum: The state museum has primary sources and a link to the California Missions Resource Center.

Huntington Library: California Missions resources page curated by the Huntington

California Mission Map: Provided by the Library of Congress

Ranchos and Land Grants: Resources from the Reed Union School District including a list of ranchos and land grants.

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TEacher Resources

Stanford History Education Group lesson plan and digitized original mission documents provide the teacher with context and materials in Spanish and English. Make a free account to access the materials.

Choose your own adventure activity booklet from the Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library provides primary sources and a storyline geared towards 3rd and 4th grade students.

Are you going to tour a California Mission? If so, could you or your group create your own video tour? Or, you might take pictures and then put them into a slide deck when you have a picture on the left and an explanation on the right.

Create a tour of a Mission or the El Camino Real with Thinglink. Sign up for free and create a project like the example linked here: El Camino Real Thinglink Example.