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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Spanish Missions in California

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses documents, photographs, and artwork to tell the story of the development and impact of Spanish missions in California during the Mission period.
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Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: California Missions, 1780 Present

For Students 9th - 10th
Images and informational text from which students explore the architecture, people and impact of California missions from 1780 to the present.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Missions, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
A Spanish Franciscan and a French Jesuit report on the reciprocal relationship between natives and Catholic missionaries as Europeans settled New France and New Spain.
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Other

Mission San Luis: Apalachee Province

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Apalachee Indians at the time of the Spanish incursions in the early sixteenth century.
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Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: Ranch/mission Days Alta California

For Students 9th - 10th
An 1890 article in "Century Magazine" by Guadalupe Vallejo relates his understanding of Hispanic influences on ranches and missions that existed in California before it became a state.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Junipero Serra

For Students 9th - 10th
Junipero Serra (1713-1789) was a missionary who worked in Mexico and later California, mainly among the native people. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1988. This is a short profile of his life.