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Class Project: The Making of a Mission

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Woman and children crouch in a circle on the ground as they work adobe with their hands. Caption. Of their adobe brick ingredients.

California's 21 historical missions provide the focus for two art projects. Boy scouts make adobe brick by hand and learn that it's very hard work. An elementary class uses a variety of materials for their creative models of the missions. Includes information about a mission's basic form, purpose, and impact on the area. Recommends viewers to try both projects.

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Runtime: 7 minutes 40 seconds

Color illustration of a green fountain with colorful mission style buildings in the background. Caption. That is very much alive in California today.
The Missions Of California
Episode 3
11 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman and children crouch in a circle on the ground as they work adobe with their hands. Caption. Of their adobe brick ingredients.
The Missions Of California
Episode 12
7 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Closeup of a stone archway topped with a cross. A weathered stone wall looms in the background. Caption. As the father and founder of California.
The Missions Of California
Episode 1
11 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 12
Stone ledges stand on both sides of a curved brick wall. Caption. The mission Indians mixed this quicklime with water.
The Missions Of California
Episode 8
9 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 12
Mission Santa Barbara stands behind a paved plaza with trees and mountains in the background. Caption. Mission Santa Barbara is a noble landmark.
The Missions Of California
Episode 7
8 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 12
Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala surrounded by trees. Caption. Father Junipero Serra.
The Missions Of California
Episode 5
8 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Closeup of the bell wall at the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. Caption. All who and all who hear the ringing of its bells.
The Missions Of California
Episode 6
7 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Cardboard model of a Spanish mission rests in the grass. Spanish caption. El modelo de July de la tercera misión.
The Missions Of California
Episode 2
8 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala overlaid with a map of California. Gold crosses mark locations along the coast of the map. Spanish caption. La misión San Diego.
The Missions Of California
Episode 4
8 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Closeup of a fountain in front of the arches of the Mission Santa Barbara. Caption. So soundly was this water system engineered that, remarkably.
The Missions Of California
Episode 9
9 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12