A California Mission

Introduction – Task – Process – Evaluation - Conclusion

The Distant Future

Having taken a leasurily walk through the rolling hills of a long past cosmopolitain area, you stumble as your foot catchs on what appears to be some sort of brick. Having never seen such a piece of material before due to such primitive resources being abandoned centuries ago in the New Age Revitilization Act. Most people would just let this go by with out a second thought, but you having studied at the University of Ancient and Historical Works think this would be a wonderful gift for your favorite professor, Dr. Dene Panetor, leading investigator in California archeological sites. But you know that you can’t simply give this piece of history to Dr. Panetor, since he would be highly disappointed in such a simplistic approach, but rather you decide to venture to the Grand Library at the University to discover the most important ten facts about your new find.

The Task

As an aspiring researcher at the University of Ancient and Historical Works your task is to gather the ten most important facts about the brick you found while walking through the hills of California. To do this you must go to the Grand Library at the University. Having looked over the composition (make up) of the brick you have determined that it once served as a wall in Mission Santa Clara. Having set your starting point you are now ready to complete your gift for Dr. Panetor with the facts to go with your historical find.

What to do Next?

· First travel to the Grand Library at the University of Ancient and Historical Works and determine the full name of the Mission that this brick was part of.

· Second continue your search at the Grand Library and determine how many Missions once existed in those ancient times.

· Third find out who founded the Mission and when it was founded.

· Fourth, what modern institution of learning now occupies the same area as the Mission?

· Fifth, having finished your research with, California, A History, it is now time to look through the most prestigious volumes, Time Line, California, and determine what near by settlement nearly came to war with the Mission and how this was avoided.

· Sixth, what year did the owner ship of the Mission change, and what significant event occurred in the same year?

· Seventh, what tradition is upheld at the mission everyday? and why?

· Eighth, determine the names of the other Missions that once existed in California?

· Ninth, present your findings and a picture (return to California, A History for the best results) of the Mission in question to Dr. Panetor.

Evaluation

This task will be evaluated on the correctness and completeness of the information provided in the gift to Dr. Panetor. There will be at total of 20 points possible, with each task worth 2 points. Two points will be given for attaching a picture of the Mission in question.

Beyond…

Having successfully researched the brick you found in the hills of California, you are now slightly famous. Your peers have just now approached you with a few more historical finds, they claim that they have found tools and stones from some of the other Missions of California and want to find out the important information about them. Perhaps you could aid them in their search with tools you are now familiar with.