1. Welcome to the California Missions
Do you hear the bells?

2. 6 Questions How many missions? What do they look like?
Who is famous for these missions?
What years were they built?
How did they make money or survive?
Which Indian Tribes lived and worked there?

3. 21 Missions Father Sera founded many of the missions
They were founded from 1789 – 1807.
Crops raised, vineyards produced wine, leather made, all incorporating an economy
The Miwok, Mohave, Yoroks, Yokuts, were
The tribes that worked, lived and learned in these missions.

4. How did the building of the missions effect the development of the State of California?
The first road in California connected all 21 missions.

5. This road is the ‘Camino Real’, now a major freeway connecting Southern California to Northern California
The agricultural success of the missions makes California now a major producer of foods for persons all over the world!

6. Teacher for the Day The following activities will be completed;
PowerPoint on a mission.
Information Brochure
Web Page

7. This is what you will do Choose a missions
Complete the planning template
Begin the PowerPoint
Make your Brochure
Make a Poster

8. California, U.S.A. Camino Real – Major Freeway
Economy – Producer of crops for entire planet