Introduction

Welcome fourth-graders! You're mission (should you decide to accept it) is to explore the web to obtain information on the California Missions. It's a journey along the El Camino Real. Have a great trip!

Questions

1. Name three things the Spanish brought with them to California.
   
   
   
2. What song title is a Cahuilla Indian Bird Song?
   
   
   
3. Who founded Mission San Diego de Alcala?
   
   
4. What and when were the first and last missions established?
   
   
   
5. What song did the mission inhabitants sing everyday and why do you think that they sang this song?
   
   
6. Who founded Mission San Gabriel Arcangel?
   
   

The Internet Resources

• UCR/CMP Missions
• UCR/CMP Missions
• California Missions
• CA Missions history and music for students and everyone
• CA Missions history and music for students and everyone
• California Missions

The Big Question

The arrival of the Spanish into California forever changed the lives of California Natives. How did the Spanish Mission system affect Native Californians?