AS A CLASS:
Watch this movie about the Spanish explorers.
We will also watch a movie about slavery.
WITH A PARTNER:
Complete Spain In The New World activity and email it to Mr. Ferlazzo.
Complete Aztec Resistance and email it to Mr. Ferlazzo
Read about Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth and do the activity.
View this animation of European Explorers of the Americas.
ON YOUR OWN:
Watch this movie on the Conquistadors.
Video: Pope Francis To Canonize A Controversial Spanish Friar
Video: Who was Junipero Serra?
Learn About The Missions
Map: California Missions
Pope Francis Courts Controversy Over Junipero Serra Sainthood
Junipero Serra left mark in ways that weren’t saintly, many say,
Write down three new things you learned beyond what we read about in the two clozes.
Fr. Junipero Serra Writing Prompt
The Pope is making Fr. Junipero Serra a Saint this week. Please learn about Serra's life and the work of the California Missions by looking at the materials and videos on our class blog. Then, list the reasons some people support him being named a saint. Next, write about the reasons why some say he should not be made a saint. Then, say which side you agree with and why.
This is a version of:
They Say
I Say
Why I Say It