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Curated OER

Spanish Missions Word Search Puzzle

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Spanish missions learning exercise, students review, study and discuss fifteen key terms associated with Spanish missions and then locate and circle each key term in a word search puzzle.
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Curated OER

Writing Exercise: The Spanish in North America

For Students 4th - 7th
Bring writing into your history course with this exercise on Spanish development and conquest in North America. Five short-answer prompts get students writing about various aspects of Spanish influence. They consider the origin of the...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Tools of the Trade

For Students 6th - 12th
Archaeologist David Hurst Thomas details his search for a lost Spanish Mission on St. Catherines Island, Georgia. A great way to introduce youngsters to the life of and the tools used by archaeologists.
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Channel Islands Film

First Contact: Lesson Plan 4 - Grades 5-6

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
After watching Treasure in the Sea, a documentary about Channel Islands National Park and the video First Contact, about the voyage of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo to the Channel islands, groups research and then compare the...
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Curated OER

Historical Summaries: Arizona

For Students 8th - 10th
For this Arizona history worksheet, students read a 2-page article about prehistoric, Spanish, Mexican, and American Arizona prior to responding to 2 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
The Alamo

The Alamo

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Remember the Alamo! Scholars investigate the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution. Using models, maps, quotes, biographies, and the Oath of Allegiance, the Alamo comes to life as the stories of those who fought and died in...
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K12 Reader

Conflict Over North American Lands

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Readers are introduced to some of the conflicts that arose over land and resources in the Americas in a two-part cross-curricular comprehension worksheet that asks kids to study the article and then to use information provided to...
Interactive
Curated OER

Context Clues that Define

For Students 6th - 7th
In this context clues worksheet, students read the sentences and passages and use context clues to find the correct answer for the 10 online questions.
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Curated OER

Context Clues that Define Pretest

For Students 5th - 7th
In this context clues worksheet, students define context clues and use them to define words in a reading passage.
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Curated OER

Manifest Destiny

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Westward Expansion worksheet, high schoolers read assigned textbook pages which describe  Manifest Destiny and respond to 33 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Reading Comprehension: Simon Bolivar

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reading comprehension/biography worksheet, students read 2 pages of information about Simon Bolivar. No comprehension questions are included, worksheets are for informational reading only.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Spanish Missions of California

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can use this page as a jumping off page to do research on Spanish missions in California. There are numerous links to Scholastic articles and to other websites on subtopics such as missionaries, Franciscans and places in...
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Spanish Missions in California

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the history of Spanish missions in California.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Spanish Missions in California

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses documents, photographs, and artwork to tell the story of the development and impact of Spanish missions in California during the Mission period.
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Lone Star Junction

Lone Star Junction: The Five Spanish Missions of Old San Antonio

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief look at each of five Spanish missions established in the 1700s along the San Antonio River in California.
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Other

Texas Beyond History: Before Mission Dolores

For Students 9th - 10th
A written history of the Spanish mission, Dolores, which is now the modern town of San Augustine in East Texas.
Primary
Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: California Missions, 1780 Present

For Students 9th - 10th
Images and informational text from which students explore the architecture, people and impact of California missions from 1780 to the present.
Unit Plan
Texas Public Broadcasting

Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Spanish Colonial 1689 1821

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the struggle between the native tribes and the Spanish missionaries during the Spanish Colonial era in Texas from 1690 until 1821.
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Other

Sbc an Uncommon Mission

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read about the California missions that have contributed to California state history. View paintings of all twenty-one missions created by artist, Jerome Tupa. Includes a variety of activities, quizzes, puzzles, etc. to add to the...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mission Church, San Esteban Del Rey, Acoma Pueblo

For Students 9th - 10th
Acoma Pueblo is home to one of the best-preserved early mission churches in the United States - San Esteban del Rey. View pictures of this church and read about the history in this essay.
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Other

American Journeys: Life of Father Junipero Serro, Founder of Franciscan Missions

For Students 9th - 10th
This study of Junipero Serra's (1723-1789) life was first published in 1913. It's made available here with some great features. You can search the book for key terms, read background information on the author and the subject, print or...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mission Churches as Theaters of Conversion in New Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
Mission churches, which followed a similar architectural plan but varied in terms of decoration, are among the earliest examples of colonial architecture. View pictures and read the history of these mission churches, or conventos, in New...
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Other

Franciscan Media: Old Missions of New Mexico Still Alive After Four Centuries

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details the Spanish Franciscans missions established to bring Christianity to New Mexico over four hundred years ago and what they are doing today.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Missions, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
A Spanish Franciscan and a French Jesuit report on the reciprocal relationship between natives and Catholic missionaries as Europeans settled New France and New Spain.

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