*(Easy)

De Ruiz, Diana; To Fly with the Swallows
Dengler, Marianna; The Worry Stone Chumash folklore
Fraser, Mary Ann; A Mission for the People: The Story of La Purisma
Lund, Bill; The Chumash Indians
Politi, Leo; The Song of the Swallows
Simms, Laura; Moon and Otter and Frog Modoc legend
Spizzirri, Linda; An Educational Coloring Book of California Missions
Wood, Audrey; The Rainbow Bridge:Inspired by a Chumash Tale

*(Average)

Abbink, Emily; Missions of the Monterey Bay Area
Bauer, Helen; California Mission Days
Bauer, Helen; California Rancho Days
Behrens, June; Missions of the Central Coast
Brower, Pauline; Missions of the Inland Valleys
French, Fiona; Lord of the Animals: A Miwok Indian Creation Myth
Lenke, Nancy; Missions of the Southern Coast
Lowman, Hubert; The Old Spanish Missions of California
Lyngheim, Linda; Father Junipero Serra: The Travelling Missionary
MacMillan, Dianne; Missions of the Los Angeles Area
Montgomery, Jean; The Wrath of Coyote  OOP  Miwok resistance
Nelson, Libby; Projects and Layouts               missions models
Pinchot, Jane; Mexicans in America
Roberts, Margeret; Pioneer California: Tales of Explorers, Indians, and Settlers
San Souci, Robert; Two Bear Cubs, A Miwok Legend from California's Yosemite Valley
Simms, Laura; The Bone Man: A Native American Modoc Tale
Tripp, Valerie; Meet Josephina and other books in series - New Mexico rancho setting
White, Tekla; Missions of the San Francisco Bay Area

*(Challenging)

Faber, Gail, and Lasgna, Michele; Whispers form the First Californians legend collection
Kroeber, Theodora; Ishi, Last of His Tribe
O'Dell, Scott; Carlota  Historical Fiction
Van Steenwyck, Elizabeth; The California Missions

*(Read-Alouds)
 

Caduto, Michael, and Bruchac, Joseph; Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activites for Children
Curry, Jane; Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indians
Faber, Gail; Whispers Along the MIssion Trail
O'Dell, Scott; Island of the Blue Dolphins  H/F
O'Dell, Scott; Zia  H/F
Ortiz, Simon; The People Shall Continue
Trafzer, Cliff; Creation of a California Tribe: Grandfather's Maidu Indian Tales

*(Resource)

Bonner, Thomas; The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
Bruchac, Joseph; Lasting Echoes: An Oral History of Native American People
Eargle, Dolan; The Earth is our Mother: A Guide to the Indians of California
Genet,Donna; Father Junipero Serra
Jackson, Robert; Indians, Franciscans, and Spanish Colonization
Kuska, George, and Linse, Barbara; Live Again Our Mission Past
McMahan, Jackie; California Rancho Cooking
Merriam, C. Hart; The Dawn of the World: Myths and Tales of the Miwok Indians of California
Monroy, Douglas; Thrown Among Strangers: The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California
Sunset Books, The California Missions

Video:

California Indian Museum Program  EMC#885462 12 mins.
California Indians Glossary Game EMC#885602 20 mins.
Class Project: The Making of a Mission EMC#882154  10 mins.
Drake and the Miwok EMC#885599 15 mins.
Indians of California EMC#880005 29 mins. 
Ishi and 8 Northern Tribes EMC#885600 15 mins.
Mexican and Mexican American Heroes  *no EMC listing
Mission Carmel EMC#885603  15 mins
Mission Glossary Game EMC#885514  15 mins.
Mission Indians EMC#882155  10 mins
Mission Life EMC#88885275 22 mins
Mission San Diego EMC#882156  10 mins
Mission San Gabriel EMC#882158 10 mins
Mission San Juan Capistrano EMC#882157  10 mins
Mission Santa Barbara  EMC#882159  10 mins
Missions EMC#883941  15 mins
Missions and 7 Southern Tribes EMC#885601  15 mins
Missions: Mission Life and Missions of the Southwest EMC#883191
Native Americans: People of California EMC#885817   22 mins.
Native Americans: People of the Northwest Coast EMC#885231  23 mins.
Old Monterey: A Glimpse of the Past  EMC#885561  14 mins.

Internet:

http://edtech.sandi.net/
teach/hotlist/californiamissions.html

http://www.ca-missions.org

http://ananke.advanced.org/3615/

http://www.escusd.k12.ca.us
/pages/mission__trail/
MissionTrail.html

http://www.mission.com/
~drudy/amm.html  
mountain men site

http://www.jspub.com/

http://www.history.uinc.edu/
Collecta/Radding/radtoc.html

http://archaeology.parks.ca.gov/
prehistory/index.htm  
Native-American origins.

Compton 's Complete Reference Collection.
Learning Company, Inc, 1337 (CD-ROM, Win).
The ten complete standard reference works on this CD-ROM consist of more than 170,000 entries.

http://www.lennox.k12.ca.us/
LPD.html

http://www.ofcn.org/
cyber.serv/academy/ace/
soc/elem.html

gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:
70/11/Educational_Resources/
Lesson_Plans/Big%20Sky/
social_studies

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/

http://www.mcrel.org/
connect/plus

http://www.trinity.edu/
departments/education/
core/newplans.htm

http://ericir.syr.edu/
Virtual/Lessons/
crossroads

http://talk.startribune.com/
cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?homework-
14@@.ee6b2b9  homework help

http://www.hmco.com/
hmco/school/search/
activity.html  
*Houghton Mifflin

http://www.mcrel.org/
connect/lesson.html#social

http://www.nwrel.org/
sky/Classroom/Social_Studies/
Social_Studies.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
resources/ngo/education/ideas.html

http://www.rims.k12.ca.us/SCORE/

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/  
*Houghton Mifflin supplemental 
games, quizes maps

http://www.socialstudies.com/
index.html

http://www.mmhschool.com/
teach/socialstud/socstu1.html

1.) Students will write a point of view paper explaining the views of a chosen character from the Mission Era or the Mexican Rancho Period. The paper should be in proper essay format and contain the following: Background on the historical character, reason for involvement in California, daily life, feelings about their surroundings and the laws that encompass their life.

2.) Students will keep a journal of notes that will be checked weekly to evaluate individual's ongoing comprehension.

3.) In groups of two or three, students will research, develop, and present an oral report on one of the following:

Score the point of view essay using a rubric. 

Sample Rubric: 

4 . Gathers relevant, accurate information · shows thorough understanding of content . exhibits outstanding insight/creativity . communicates ideas clearly and effectively

3 . Gathers sufficient, accurate information . shows adequate understanding of content · exhibits reasonable insight / creativity · communicates most ideas clearly / effectively

2 . Gathers limited, accurate information . shows partial understanding of content . exhibits limited insight/creativity . communicates a few ideas clearly

1 . Fails to gather accurate information . shows little or no understanding of content . does not exhibit insight/creativity . has difficulty communicating ideas

The students and/or teachers will score the oral reports using the oral report rubric.

Oral Presentation Assessment 

Rate each of the following using a scale of:

I=poor 

2=average 

3=above average 

4=excellent 

Speaks fluently 

Expresses ideas 

Answers questions accurately. 

Maintains eye contact 

Uses accurate information 

Uses visuals