Grade 4 · History
Goal
Explain how California Indian nations lived and how the missions changed their lives, using details from the text.
You'll need
Scissors, a glue stick, and crayons.
Help with the hands, not the answer
Add these words to the student's AAC device before the lesson
nation, Native, language, acorn, basket, mission, priest, soldier, Spain, forced, work, leave, disease, fight, today
Words from the check are left out on purpose.
What's in this packet
Standards the check measures
CA Common Core ELA RI.4.3: Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
CA Common Core ELA RI.4.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area. (See grade 4 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.) CA
CA Common Core ELA L.4.2.d: Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
Related, but not fully taught or measured here
CA History-Social Science (grade 4) 4.2.1: Discuss the major nations of California Indians, including their geographic distribution, economic activities, legends, and religious beliefs; and describe how they depended on, adapted to, and modified the physical environment by cultivation of land and use of sea resources.
CA History-Social Science (grade 4) 4.2.3: Describe the Spanish exploration and colonization of California, including the relationships among soldiers, missionaries, and Indians (e.g., Juan Crespi, Junipero Serra, Gaspar de Portola).
These are California's standards. Outside California, check the code and wording against your state's framework before citing them in an IEP.
Activity answers
Color the answer. Who lived in California first? Native nations. Could people leave the mission? No, not allowed.
Which life?. Native nations: Gathering acorns; Weaving baskets; Their own languages. At the missions: Forced to work; Not allowed to leave; Church bells
What happened?. 1. Native nations live here 2. Spain comes in 1769 3. Missions are built 4. Native nations today
What does it mean?. Nation: a people and homeland. Acorn: a food they gathered. Mission: a church settlement. Forced: made to do it
Spell the word. ACORN
Many Native nations lived in California long before Spanish people came. Nations such as the Kumeyaay, Miwok, and Pomo had their own languages and ways of life. Many gathered acorns for food and wove strong baskets.
In 1769, Spain began building missions in California, starting in San Diego. A mission was a church settlement run by Spanish priests, with soldiers nearby. In time, there were 21 missions near the coast.
Many Native people who joined a mission were not allowed to leave. They were forced to work without pay, and thousands died from new diseases. Some fought back, and Native nations are still here today.
Color the right box.
Who lived in California first?
Could people leave the mission?
Sort the cards.
Native nations
At the missions
Cut out along the dashed lines
Put them in order.
Cut out along the dashed lines
Match each one.
Cut out along the dashed lines
Spell this word.
Cut out along the dashed lines
How the student chose answers (mark one)
Independent, adult could not see
Independent, adult could see
With touch, a held device, or cues
Mark the last one if anyone touched the student, held anything for them, or cued them while they chose. Help with cutting or gluing after they chose doesn't count as support, but an adult who saw the choice means "adult could see."
Help after the student chose
Results
Date ____________ Check run by (role) ____________________
| Item | Standard | Student's answer | Right? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RI.4.3 | ||
| 2 | RI.4.3 | ||
| 3 | RI.4.4 | ||
| 4 | RI.4.4 | ||
| 5 | L.4.2.d | ||
| 6 | L.4.2.d |
Each question with four choices can be guessed right 1 time in 4. These 6 items are too few to conclude from alone. The on-screen report waits for 20 items at a level.
The Chumash are a Native nation from the coast of Southern California. Long ago, they built a kind of plank canoe called a tomol. They made boards from redwood logs and tied them together. Then they sealed the boards with a mix of pine pitch and tar. A tomol could carry people and goods across the ocean to the islands. In 2001, Chumash paddlers crossed to an island again in a tomol their community built.
Choose your answer, then color its box.
What could the Chumash do with a tomol?
Why did the boards need to be sealed?
Choose your answer, then color its box.
In this text, what does plank mean?
In this text, what does sealed mean?
Spell the word for a narrow boat you paddle. Choose each letter. Glue them on the strips.
Cut out along the dashed lines
Spell the kind of tree used for the boards. Choose each letter. Glue them on the strips.
Cut out along the dashed lines
Keep this away from the check, and use it only for scoring afterward.
| Item | Standard | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RI.4.3 | What could the Chumash do with a tomol? | Travel to the islands |
| 2 | RI.4.3 | Why did the boards need to be sealed? | To keep water out |
| 3 | RI.4.4 | In this text, what does plank mean? | A long flat board |
| 4 | RI.4.4 | In this text, what does sealed mean? | Closed the cracks tightly |
| 5 | L.4.2.d | Spell the word for a narrow boat you paddle. | CANOE |
| 6 | L.4.2.d | Spell the kind of tree used for the boards. | REDWOOD |