Mario Jacquez, Deborah Lawson and Kimberly McCain-Correll

Course Title: California Missions

Audience: 4th grade students in California

Goals:

In this course, students will study the Spanish mission period in California. They will learn about the social, political, cultural, and economic life of this time, and about interactions among people of California.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the Spanish exploration and colonization of California, including the relationships among soldiers, missionaries, and Indians.

• Describe the mapping of, geographic basis of, and economic factors in the placement and function of the Spanish missions.

• Understand how the mission system expanded the influence of Spain and Catholicism throughout New Spain and Latin America.

• Describe the daily lives of the people, native and nonnative, who occupied the presidios, missions, ranchos, and pueblos.

• Discuss the role of the Franciscans in changing the economy of California from a hunter/gatherer economy to an agricultural economy.