Lesson Plan:Daily lives of the Native Americans at the California Missions

Lesson Title: Daily lives of the Native Americans at the California Missions
Topic/Focus Area: California Missions

Subject : English-Language Arts
Grade : Fourth
Strand : Reading
Substrand 2.0 : Reading Comprehension

Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. They draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed (e.g., generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, comparing information from several sources). The selections in Recommended Readings in Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade Eight illustrate the quality and complexity of the materials to be read by students. In addition to their regular school reading, students read one-half million words annually, including a good representation of grade-level-appropriate narrative and expository text (e.g., classic and contemporary literature, magazines, newspapers, online information).

Concept : Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text

Standard:

2.5

Compare and contrast information on the same topic after reading several passages or articles.

Strand : Writing
Substrand 2.0 : Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)

Students write compositions that describe and explain familiar objects, events, and experiences. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the drafting, research, and organizational strategies outlined in Writing Standard 1.0.

Standard:

2.1a

Write narratives that relate ideas, observations, or recollections of an event or experience.

Standard:

2.1b

Write narratives that provide a context to enable the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience.

Subject : History-Social Science
Grade : Four
Strand : California: A Changing State

Students learn the story of their home state, unique in American history in terms of its vast and varied geography, its many waves of immigration beginning with pre-Columbian societies, its continuous diversity, economic energy, and rapid growth. In addition to the specific treatment of milestones in California history, students examine the state in the context of the rest of the nation, with an emphasis on the U.S. Constitu-tion and the relationship between state and federal government.

Substrand 4.2 : Students describe the social, political, cultural, and economic life and interactions among people of California from the pre-Columbian societies to the Spanish mission and Mexican rancho periods.

Standard:

4.2.5

Describe the daily lives of the people, native and nonnative, who occupied the presidios, missions, ranchos, and pueblos.