CALIFORNIA MISSIONS Here are some resources that can help you with your California Mission Assignments: Some can be found in the library and some can be found online.

This series of 21 volumes features one book for each mission. Each book is about 24 pages long, and contains a brief history of the missions, as well as a section on the mission today. Also included are a diagram of the floor plan, and black and white sketches of the mission. The introduction talks about Father Junipero Serra and the missions.

This series includes a seperate volume for each mission. Each book is about 60 pages long, and covers the founding, daily life and role in California history of the missions. Books include color pictures and photographs, important dates, glossary, pronunciation guide and index. Some books include information on local native American tribes. Each book includes a section on making your own model of the subject mission and information about the mission today.

Series of fact cards on all of the California Missions. Each card contains quick facts, a history and description of each individual mission. There is also a card with ideas for making a model of a mission.
(Ask a Librarian at the Reference Desk for the Fact Card on your Mission)

This site has pages for each of the 21 California missions. There is video of the front, The main church and the quadrangle of each one. The site has color photos, and links to other resources.

This site has both short and long histories of each mission. It also has historic and modern photographs of all the missions, as well as sketches of mission life, and links to related online resources. Students can click on many long words in each history and see their definitions.