The document provides a lesson plan for 4th grade students to create models of California missions while learning about their locations and the geographical regions of California. Students will research and model an assigned California mission, presenting information on its founding date, native tribe, buildings, daily life, and role in the mission system. The lesson incorporates maps, mission research outlines, and model-building materials for students to demonstrate their cumulative knowledge of the California missions.

1. Ana Perez
Vanessa Garcia
Cindy Alvarez
Eva Jacinto
Map of California Regions and Mission Locations
Grade: 4th
Content Area: History and Geography
Content Standards:
4.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the physical and human geographic
features that define places and regions in California.
-Use maps, charts, and pictures to describe how communities in California vary in
land use, vegetation, wildlife, climate, population density, architecture, services,
and transportation
Objective:
The students will create their own mission of California showing the geographical regions and
the location of the missions. They will show their cumulative knowledge of what they have
learned in their studies of California Missions through their presentations.
Materials:
- Map
-List of mission locations
-Glue and tape
-Measuring cups and spoons
-Cardboard (8 ½ x 11 or larger)
-Outline map of California fitted to the cardboard
-Mixing container
-Wooden sticks
-Toothpicks, Gummed labels, or masking tape
-Plastic bags or plastic wrap
-Markers
-Color pencils
-Glitter
Procedure:
After the students have a greater understanding of the missions, the teacher assigns each
group a California Mission.
The students research further to learn more about their chosen mission (using the
California Mission report Outline).
Have the students work on construction their mission after they have figured out a plan,
using all the materials provided have students be as creative as possible

2. Students will plan a presentation for the classroom.
Present as a group what they have learned of the mission.
Students gather information and pictures and construct their own mission.
Display relief mission on the classroom
California Mission Order and Date Founded
San Diego de Alcalá
1
July 16, 1769 by Father Junipero Serra
San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
2
June 3, 1770 by Father Junipero Serra
San Antonio de Padua
3
July 14, 1771 by Father Junipero Serra
San Gabriel Arcángel
4
September 8, 1771 by Father Pedro Cambon and Father Angel Somera
San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
5
September 1, 1772 by Father Junipero Serra
San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores)
6
June 26, 1776 by Father Francisco Palóu
San Juan Capistrano
7
November 1, 1776 by Father Junipero Serra
Santa Clara de Asís
8
January 12, 1777 by Father Junipero Serra
San Buenaventura
9
March 31, 1782 by Father Junipero Serra
Santa Barbara
10
December 4, 1786 by Father Fermin Lasuen
La Purísima Concepción
11
December 8, 1787 by Father Fermin Lasuen
Santa Cruz
12
August 28, 1791 by Father Fermin Lasuen
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
13
October 9, 1791 by Father Fermin Lasuen
San José
14
July 11, 1797 by Father Fermin Lasuen
15 San Juan Bautista

3. June 24, 1797 by Father Fermin Lasuen
San Miguel Arcángel
16 July 25, 1797 by Father Fermin Lasuen
San Fernando Rey de España
17
September 8, 1797 by Father Fermin Lasuen
San Luis Rey de Francia
18
June 13, 1798 by Father Fermin Lasuen
Santa Inés
19
September 17, 1804 by Father Estevan Tapis
San Rafael Arcángel
20
December 14, 1817 by Father Vicente de Sarria
21 San Francisco Solano July 4, 1823 by Father Jose Altimira

4. California Mission Report Outline
Name_______________________________________________
Mission: __________________________________________
Native American Tribe: _______________________________
___________________________________________________
Founding the mission (when, who, nickname of mission, mission number)
______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________
Building the mission/beginning the mission: (description, rebuilding, style, unique
characteristics)
Life at the Mission (Daily life: livestock, crops, orchards, construction; jobs of Native
Americans)
Hardships
Secularization/ending of the mission
Your mission today (other interesting information about the mission)
Appendixes:
1. California Map-showing the location and name of the mission
2. Mission picture
3. Diagram of the Layout of the Mission
4. Bibliography