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Grade Level 4

History and Social Studies:

4.2.4 Describe the mapping of, geographic basis of, and economic factors in the placement and function of the Spanish missions; and understand how the mission system expanded the influence of Spain and Catholicism throughout New Spain and Latin America.

Literature and Language Arts:

1.2 Create multiple-paragraph compositions:
a. Provide an introductory paragraph.
b. Establish and support a central idea with a topic sentence at or near the beginning of the first paragraph.
c. Include supporting paragraphs with simple facts, details, and explanations.
d. Conclude with a paragraph that summarizes the points.
e. Use correct indention.

1.3 Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, posing and answering a question).

Penmanship

1.4 Write fluidly and legibly in cursive or joined italic.
2.1 Write narratives:
a. Relate ideas, observations, or recollections of an event or experience.
b. Provide a context to enable the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience.
c. Use concrete sensory details.
Provide insight into why the selected event or experience is memorable.

Analyzing text
Critical thinking
Cause and effect
Expository critique
Making inference
Visual analysis
Research
September 5, 2006

Introduction
Background for the Teacher
Guiding Questions
Learning Opportunities
Assessment
Guided Discussion Questions
Instructional Plan
Materials Needed
Groupings
Checking for Student Understanding
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Closure
Extention
English Learners
G.A.T.E. Students

Links
Writing Prompt (blackline master) | Word
Narrative Writing Rubric | Word
Pre/post test (blackline master) | Word
Pre/post test PowerPoint Gameboard | PPT
Vocabulary review
California Missions architecture background overview information page
PowerPoint Reference List | Word
PowerPoint Mission Inn Artifact |PPT 8.7 Mb (Large file - Save to hard-drive before opening.)
Primary Source data gathering worksheet | Word

Mission Inn Museum website
California Missions detailed architectural features
Mission Inn architecture
Mission Inn architecture
California Missions
California Missions
California Mission History
California Mission style architecture

April 15, 2007
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4th Grade Architecture – Pre/Post Test
   
What was the name of the man who founded the Mission Inn in 1903?

Frank Miller

Arthur Benton
Myron Hunt
G. Stanley Wilson
   
What is the name of the circular staircase in the Mission Inn?
Spiral staircase
Round staircase
Rotunda International
Atrio International
   
Which of the following is not characteristic of California Mission style architecture, as evidenced in the Mission Inn?
Arches
Fountains
Symmetry
Pillars
   
Who was not an architect credited with helping to build the Mission Inn?
G. Stanley Wilson
Myron Hunt
Arthur Benton
Frank Lloyd Wright
   
What is meant by a rendering?
A request for money owed
A drawing in perspective of a proposed structure
A study made in the planning of a structure
A circular staircase
   
Which saint is honored with an atrio in the Mission Inn?
St. Patrick
St. George
St. Teresa
St. Francis
   
What cultural influences are evident in the Mission Inn?
Spanish, Islamic, Asian, Arts and Crafts
Spanish, Tropical, Asian, Arts and Crafts
Spanish, French, German, Arts and Crafts
Islamic, Danish, Asian, Arts and Crafts
   
What is the name of the tower built on Mt. Rubidoux?
Friendship Tower
Peace Tower
Welcome Tower
Riverside Tower
   
Most California Missions were built of …
stucco
wood
concrete
adobe
   
What cultures were referred to as the basis of California Mission architecture?
Mexican
American
Spanish
German
   
What is the definition of a landmark?
A prominent identifying feature of a landscape
A mark used by an architect to begin the first section of a building
The rows of crops made by farmers during planting
The boundary lines of a map
   
Who helped build and work on the California Missions?
Native Californians
Spanish soldiers
padres
Californians
   
Preservation means…
To ask that something be kept available for you to use when you are ready
To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged
To update an older structure
To modernize a structure
   
Specific sites were chosen for the California Missions because of closeness to…
Shopping areas for supplies
forts for protection from the Native Californians
plenty of water, wood for fires, and fields for grazing herds and raising crops
government office buildings so padres could pay their taxes
   
What is the job of the architect?
To find the land to build the new structure
To arrange financing necessary to build
To buy all furniture for the new building
To design the new building
   
California Mission architecture was not only influenced by the Spanish, but also by the…
Dutch
English
French
Romans
   
A fountain in the center of the California Mission courtyard was a sign of…
welcome
warning to enemies
wealth
plenty of water on hand
   
How many California Missions are there?
32
21
11
18
   
Renovation means…
Fumigate
To restore to an earlier condition, as by repairing or remodeling
To remember older models in order to begin a new structure
Honor with ceremony
   
What is a primary source?
a firsthand or eyewitness account of an event
when there is only one source available
the first mention of an event
information from an encyclopedia
   
 
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