The document provides materials and instructions for 4th grade students to create relief maps of California showing the locations of the 21 Spanish missions, as part of a project to demonstrate their knowledge about the missions. Students will research information about their assigned mission, then plan and construct a model of it using materials like cardboard, glue, and markers to display the mission's geographical features and region. The project aims to help students understand and represent the physical and human geography of California as expressed through the mission system.

1. Ana Perez
Vanessa Garcia
Cindy Alvarez
Eva Jacinto
Relief Map of California Regions and Mission Locations
Grade:4th
ContentArea: 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 FerminLasuen
La Purísima Concepción
11
December 8, 1787 by Father FerminLasuen
Santa Cruz
12
August 28, 1791 by Father FerminLasuen
NuestraSeñora de la Soledad
13
October 9, 1791 by Father FerminLasuen
San José
14
July 11, 1797 by Father FerminLasuen
15 San Juan Bautista

3. June 24, 1797 by Father FerminLasuen
San Miguel Arcángel
16 July 25, 1797 by Father FerminLasuen
San Fernando Rey de España
17
September 8, 1797 by Father FerminLasuen
San Luis Rey de Francia
18
June 13, 1798 by Father FerminLasuen
Santa Inés
19
September 17, 1804 by Father EstevanTapis
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