Unit 2

Lesson 1:
How did early people live in California?

Test 2.1

Vocabulary

trade
tradition
custom
belief
religion
legend

Objectives
Students will be able to
-identify major nations of California Indians including
*where they lived
*trade
*legends
*religious beliefs

Students will be able to describe how the native people depended on, adapted to, and modified their physical environment by using e natural resources of the land and ocean.

Lesson 2:
How did early Europeans come to California?

Vocabulary

explore
current

Objectives

Students should be able to identify early land and sea routes to California.

Students should be able to identify early northern settlements in California by Captain James Cook.

Students be able to relate physical geography of California to the pattern of settlement in California.

Test 2.2

Lesson 3:How did the Spanish change how the California Indians lived?

Vocabulary

colony
expedition
missionary
mission
Catholicism

Objectives
Describe Spanish exploration of California including
-the soldiers
-the missionaries
-the Indians (Natives)

Test 2.3

Lesson 4:
What was Spain's influence in California?

Vocabulary

fort

Objective
Identify Spain's influence on California especially the cause and effect of Spanish:
*mapping
*missions
*religion (Catholicism)

Test 2.4

Lesson 5:What was life like in Spanish and Mexican California?

Vocabulary

occupy
presidio
pueblo
land grant
rancho
economy

Objective
Using compare and contrast, describe the daily lives of people, both native and nonnative who occupied presidios, missions, ranchos, and pueblos.

Links
Missions in California
Interactive Information
Think Quest Mission Trail
Test 2.5

Lesson 6: How did California's early economy change?

Vocabulary

hunter-gatherer
dam
cultivate
irrigation

Objective
Discuss the role of the Franciscans in changing the economy of California from a hunter-gatherer economy to an agricultural economy.

How did the Mexican War for Independence affect California?

Vocabulary

government
territory
boundary

Objective
Describe the effects of the Mexican War for Independence on Alta California, including its effects on the territorial boundaries of North America.

How did Mexican Rule Affect California?

Vocabulary

Objective
Discuss the period of Mexican rule in California and its attributes, including land grants, secularization of the missions, and the rise of the rancho economy.