Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Lesson Plan template (4th)

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Social Studies , 4th grade– Unit 2- (Chapter 3)

FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLERS Chapter 3, Lesson 2

Estimated time: 2-3 days

Standards addressed:

Archdiocese Social Studies- Standard 2- Students describe the social, political, cultural & economic life and interactions among people of California from the pre-Colombian societies to the Spanish mission and Mexican rancho period, in terms of:

4.2.1 the major nations of California Indians, their geographic distribution, economic activities, legends, and religious beliefs; and how they depended upon. adapted to and modified the physical environment by cultivation of land and sea resources
4.2.2 the early land and sea routes to, and European settlements in, California with a focus on the exploration of the North Pacific, noting the physical barriers of mountains, deserts, ocean currents, and wind patterns (e.g., Captain Cook, Valdez, Vitus Bering, Juan Cabrillo)
4.2.3 the Spanish exploration and colonization of California, including the relationships among soldiers, missionaries and Indians (e.g., biographies of Juan Crespi, Junipero Serra, Gaspar de Portola)

4.2.4 the mapping, geographic basis of, and economic factors in the placement and function of the Spanish missions; how the mission system expanded the influence of Spain and Catholicism throughout New Spain and Latin America

4.2.5 the daily lives of people, native and non-native, who occupied the presidios, missions, ranchos, and pueblos

Vocabulary:

1. mission- a settlement formed by Catholic priests in order to bring their religious beliefs to the local people
2. peninsula- a small piece of land that sticks off from a larger piece of land and has water on three sides

Objective:

• Explain Spain’s motives for sending Catholic missionaries and soldiers to settle California
• Describe the influences of geography on the Spanish expeditions to California

Thinking Focus Question: Why did Spain want to settle Alta California?

INTRODUCTION: We will begin by reviewing the previous lessons & predicting why Spain wanted to settle Alta California.

Classwork

Tuesday- Read pgs. 65- 66 + top ½ of 67, MUST DO #s 1-5

Wednesday- Review & read pgs. 67- 68, MUST DO #s 11-13

Thursday- Review & study for test

Homework

Tuesday- Re-read pgs. 65-67, MUST DO #s 6-10

Wednesday- Re-read pgs. 67-68, MUST DO # 14-22

Thursday- Study for test

MUST DO (Chapter 3, Lesson 2)

Activity #1
(Pg. 65) – Why do you think Spain wanted to settle Alta California?_____________________________

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Activity #2- Define the following words
1. mission-  _____________________________________________________________________

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2. peninsula-  _____________________________________________________________________

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3. baja-_ _________________________________________________________________________

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(Pg. 65) Activity #3- When did Spanish soldiers and priests begin to settle California?  _____________

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(Pg. 65) Activity #4- What did they carry? What kinds of clothes did they wear?  __________________

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(Pg. 65) Activity #5- What was Spain more interested in?  ____________________________________

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(Pg. 65-66) Activity #6-  Why did Spain lose interest in California?  ____________________________

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(Pg. 66) Activity #7- Why did Spain act quickly to settle the land it had claimed?  _________________

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(Pg. 66) Activity #8- Who was Don Jose de Galvez and what did he want to do?  __________________

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(Pg. 66) Activity #9- Why did the King of Spain want to control the Indians? _____________________

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(Pg. 66) Activity #10- For 70 years, priests had already been __________________________________

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(Pg. 66) Activity #11- Why did Galvez hope to do by setting up missions and forts?________________

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(Pg. 66) Activity #12- Who was Gaspar de Portola?  How many expeditions did he send?___________

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(Pg. 66) Activity #13- Who were the three leaders of the expeditions?  __________________________

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(Pg. 67) Activity #14- Was the voyage dangerous?Tell me why you think so? _____________________

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(Pg. 67) Activity #15- When did the expedition led by Fages & Rivera arrive in San Diego? Who was the last to arrive?_____________________________________________________________________

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(Pg. 67) Activity #16- What was the first CA mission? Who was it named after____________________

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(Pg. 68) Activity #17- How did geography affect the settlement of Alta California? ________________

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(Pg. 68) Activity #18- The Anza expedition spent much of the journey __________________________

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(Pg. 69) Activity #19- Why did the people decide to take the long journey with Captain Anza? How many families were there? What were they offered?

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(Pg.68) Activity #20- What was different about Anza’s journey? Did the others have families join the expedition? _________________________________________________________________________

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(Pg. 69) Activity #21- How was the Anza expedition different from the journey of the first hunters who came to California? Why did both groups go to California?

First hunters (Chapter 2, Lesson 1,Pg. 33)     Anza expedition (Pg. 68-69)

Activity #22- Was your prediction correct? ________________________________________________

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