Spain Explores Alta California
Universal Theme - Change
We will write a play based on the Spanish explorers.
Your play will focus on how Spain explored and claimed the land of Alta California (present-day California).
Use your StoryWorks play as a guide.
Copy:
Characters:
Father Junipero Serra
Gaspar de Portola
Setting:
Alta California,1769
1. Read the first paragraph in Reflections page 111.
Turn this into dialogue between Father Serra and Gaspar de Portola.
Copy:
Scene 1
Father Junipero Serra: Write one sentence.
Gaspar de Portola: Write one sentence.
Father Junipero Serra: Write one sentence.
Gaspar de Portola: Write one sentence.
Teacher model:
Father Junipero Serra: Spain claimed large parts of North America by the 1500's.
Gaspar de Portola: Explorers, called conquistadors, conquered lands that became New Spain.
Father Junipero Serra: Spain wanted to convert native peoples to Christianity.
Gaspar de Portola: Many explorers were looking for riches like gold.
Father Junipero Serra: Turn the main idea of the 1st paragraph on page 118 into something Father Serra would say.
Gaspar de Portola: 2nd paragraph on page 118 Answer this question: Why did Spain decide to build a colony in Alta California? Turn it into something Portola would say.
Scene 2
Setting:
San Diego Bay, Alta California in 1769.
Read page 127. Answer these questions:
Father Junipero Serra: What were missions?
Gaspar de Portola: Who built the missions?
Father Junipero Serra: Why did Spain want to send missionaries to Alta California?
Gaspar de Portola: Where would the missions be located? Why?
Your play will focus on how Spain explored and claimed the land of Alta California (present-day California).
Use your StoryWorks play as a guide.
Copy:
Characters:
Father Junipero Serra
Gaspar de Portola
Setting:
Alta California,1769
1. Read the first paragraph in Reflections page 111.
Turn this into dialogue between Father Serra and Gaspar de Portola.
Copy:
Scene 1
Father Junipero Serra: Write one sentence.
Gaspar de Portola: Write one sentence.
Father Junipero Serra: Write one sentence.
Gaspar de Portola: Write one sentence.
Teacher model:
Father Junipero Serra: Spain claimed large parts of North America by the 1500's.
Gaspar de Portola: Explorers, called conquistadors, conquered lands that became New Spain.
Father Junipero Serra: Spain wanted to convert native peoples to Christianity.
Gaspar de Portola: Many explorers were looking for riches like gold.
Father Junipero Serra: Turn the main idea of the 1st paragraph on page 118 into something Father Serra would say.
Gaspar de Portola: 2nd paragraph on page 118 Answer this question: Why did Spain decide to build a colony in Alta California? Turn it into something Portola would say.
Scene 2
Setting:
San Diego Bay, Alta California in 1769.
Read page 127. Answer these questions:
Father Junipero Serra: What were missions?
Gaspar de Portola: Who built the missions?
Father Junipero Serra: Why did Spain want to send missionaries to Alta California?
Gaspar de Portola: Where would the missions be located? Why?
Read pages 91 and 92 in My World.
Add two lines of dialogue, one for each character.
Father Junipero Serra:
Gaspar de Portola:
Add two lines of dialogue, one for each character.
Father Junipero Serra:
Gaspar de Portola:
Universal Theme - Change
Talk:
1. Cause and Effect -
How did one change bring more change later?
2. Change is necessary for growth.
How did explorers prepare California for growth?
Talk:
1. Cause and Effect -
How did one change bring more change later?
2. Change is necessary for growth.
How did explorers prepare California for growth?
Add a picture and a caption of Father Serra.
Add a picture and a caption of Gaspar de Portola.
Add a map of Portola's expedition.
Add a picture and a caption of the San Diego Mission.
Add a map of all 21 missions.
Add a picture and a caption of Gaspar de Portola.
Add a map of Portola's expedition.
Add a picture and a caption of the San Diego Mission.
Add a map of all 21 missions.
Presidios For Protection
Read pages 128 - 129 in your Reflections textbook.
Write 3 sentences to answer these 2 questions using text evidence.
Add two or more pictures of California presidios when you are done.
Write 3 sentences to answer these 2 questions using text evidence.
Add two or more pictures of California presidios when you are done.
Big Idea - Topic sentence
What were presidios?
Presidios were military forts built by the Spanish near the missions or harbors to protect them.
What were presidios?
Presidios were military forts built by the Spanish near the missions or harbors to protect them.
Details
Why did the Spanish build presidios?
The Spanish felt that missions alone were not enough to hold their claim to California. Soldiers were needed to defend the missions from attacks from other European countries and from Indians who resisted Spanish rule.
Why did the Spanish build presidios?
The Spanish felt that missions alone were not enough to hold their claim to California. Soldiers were needed to defend the missions from attacks from other European countries and from Indians who resisted Spanish rule.
California Indian
Ways Change Forever
Read pages 134 - 135 in your Reflections textbook.
Write one paragraph about how life changed for Native Americans in the mission system.
Write one paragraph about how life changed for Native Americans in the mission system.
Add pictures of California Indians at missions when you are done.
Add pictures of California Indians at missions when you are done.
Stop Point
Universal Theme - Change
How did the missions change life for California Indians?
How did the missions change life for California Indians?
Big Idea - Topic Sentence
The missions changed the Indians' ways of life.
The missions changed the Indians' ways of life.
Details
The Spanish priests taught the native Americans about Spanish ways of living. For instance, the Indians who had been hunters and gatherers were taught how to farm, and this changed the economy of California to one based on farming. The priests taught the natives about their religion, Christianity. In particular, Indians were no longer allowed to practice their traditional beliefs and were converted to the Catholic faith.
The Spanish priests taught the native Americans about Spanish ways of living. For instance, the Indians who had been hunters and gatherers were taught how to farm, and this changed the economy of California to one based on farming. The priests taught the natives about their religion, Christianity. In particular, Indians were no longer allowed to practice their traditional beliefs and were converted to the Catholic faith.
Big Idea - Conclusion
For all these reasons, living on a mission changed Indian traditional ways of life forever.
For all these reasons, living on a mission changed Indian traditional ways of life forever.
Challenges for California Indians
Read page 136 - 139 in Reflections.
Write one paragraph.
Add one detail sentence showing the change in Indian population before the Spanish came and the population in 1800 using the graph on page 139 of Reflections.
Write one paragraph.
Add one detail sentence showing the change in Indian population before the Spanish came and the population in 1800 using the graph on page 139 of Reflections.
Big Idea - Topic Sentence
Details
Write 4 supporting details using text evidence.
Write 4 supporting details using text evidence.
Add one or two transition phrases in your writing.
For example, More importantly,
For instance, In fact,
As a result, Consequently,
Therefore, Before long
Later on Following this,
In addition, Specifically,
To illustrate this, In particular,
Because of (the fact), One reason is
For example, More importantly,
For instance, In fact,
As a result, Consequently,
Therefore, Before long
Later on Following this,
In addition, Specifically,
To illustrate this, In particular,
Because of (the fact), One reason is
Big Idea - Conclusion
Read the green box on page 110 in My World. Turn this into your conclusion.
Valentin Lopez, a California Indian, said, "They totally destroyed our culture. They destroyed our people."
Read the green box on page 110 in My World. Turn this into your conclusion.
Valentin Lopez, a California Indian, said, "They totally destroyed our culture. They destroyed our people."
Add one picture below your writing.
Go to page 140 and 141 in Reflections. Add a caption to your image quoting one of the people on these pages.
Go to page 140 and 141 in Reflections. Add a caption to your image quoting one of the people on these pages.
Go back and add two adjectives to your writing.
Adjectives describe nouns. They go right before a noun.
Here are some examples from page 138:
usual way old religious beliefs
terrible diseases many Indians
traditional clothing Indian villages
Adjectives describe nouns. They go right before a noun.
Here are some examples from page 138:
usual way old religious beliefs
terrible diseases many Indians
traditional clothing Indian villages
Exterior Design
Add pictures of the exteriors of at least five California missions. Use your mission map as a guide.
Interior Design
Add a slideshow of the interior (inside) of at least five California missions.
Effects of the Mission System
Details
What details have you learned?
Do they form any patterns?
What details have you learned?
Do they form any patterns?
Patterns
Positive effects
Negative effects
Positive effects
Negative effects
Ethics
How should we (the USA) act toward people who have less power than us?
How should we (the USA) act toward people who have less power than us?
Big Ideas
1. What conclusions can we make?
2. Was the arrival of the Europeans an overall positive or a negative for Indians?
1. What conclusions can we make?
2. Was the arrival of the Europeans an overall positive or a negative for Indians?
Mexican Rule in California
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California: From Mexican
to American Control
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Slide 1: Read page 207 in your Reflections textbook.
What is manifest destiny?
Slide 2:
Read page 207 in your Reflections textbook. Type a key idea and two supporting sentences about why Americans wanted California to become part of the USA.
Slide 3:
Read page 208. Type a key idea and two supporting sentences.
Slide 4:
Read page 210. Type a key idea and two supporting sentences.
Slide 5:
Read page 213. Type a key idea and one supporting sentence.
Slide 6:
Conclusion: Look at the maps on pages 218 - 219. Compare and contrast: write a key idea and two supporting details that explain what these maps tell us about the effects Mexican-American War for California.
Add a picture of the bear flag to your website when you are done.
Slide 1: Read page 207 in your Reflections textbook.
What is manifest destiny?
Slide 2:
Read page 207 in your Reflections textbook. Type a key idea and two supporting sentences about why Americans wanted California to become part of the USA.
Slide 3:
Read page 208. Type a key idea and two supporting sentences.
Slide 4:
Read page 210. Type a key idea and two supporting sentences.
Slide 5:
Read page 213. Type a key idea and one supporting sentence.
Slide 6:
Conclusion: Look at the maps on pages 218 - 219. Compare and contrast: write a key idea and two supporting details that explain what these maps tell us about the effects Mexican-American War for California.
Add a picture of the bear flag to your website when you are done.