Teaching the Anza Trail A Five-Day Curriculum for Grades Three and Four in California and Arizona Produced: 2005, File updated: 2017 National Park Service Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail nps.gov/juba 1 Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Supporting Agencies and Individuals: ................................................................................................... 8 Curriculum Standards Applicable to the Anza Trail Lesson Plan .............................................................. 9 California - Social Science...................................................................................................................... 9 Arizona - Social Science ....................................................................................................................... 10 FOCUS: Arizona ................................................................................................................................... 10 The Second Anza Expedition ................................................................................................................... 11 Program Summary .............................................................................................................................. 11 History and Significance ...................................................................................................................... 12 The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail .................................................................................. 19 Lesson Plan: Day 1 Horcasitas to the Gila River .......................................................................................... 23 Concept ................................................................................................................................................... 23 Preparation ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Classroom Activities ................................................................................................................................ 23 Notes ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 Directions for Making Student Journals .................................................................................................. 24 Anza’s letter to Don Antonio Maria Bucareli de Ursua,Viceroy of New Spain, ...................................... 25 Anza ’s Letter-Teacher ’s Key .............................................................................................................. 26 Journal Page ............................................................................................................................................ 27 Demonstration Page ............................................................................................................................... 28 Day 1 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 29 Lesson Plan: Day 2 Gila River to the Colorado River ................................................................................... 30 Concepts ................................................................................................................................................. 30 Preparation ............................................................................................................................................. 30 Classroom Activities ................................................................................................................................ 30 Notes ....................................................................................................................................................... 30 Journal Page – Map ................................................................................................................................. 31 Animals and Plants of the Sonoran and Colorado Deserts ..................................................................... 32 Who Lives in the Sonoran and California Deserts? ................................................................................. 34 The Animals and Plants along the Anza Trail ...................................................................................... 34 Sonoran Desert Plants ......................................................................................................................... 34 2 Colorado Desert Plants ....................................................................................................................... 35 Sonoran Animals ................................................................................................................................. 37 Colorado Desert Animals .................................................................................................................... 38 Possible Lesson Extension (see journal pages) ....................................................................................... 39 Day 2 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 40 Lesson Plan: Day 3 Colorado River to San Gabriel Mission ......................................................................... 41 Concepts ................................................................................................................................................. 41 Preparation ............................................................................................................................................. 41 Classroom Activities ................................................................................................................................ 41 Notes ....................................................................................................................................................... 41 Timeline Worksheet (with Answers) ....................................................................................................... 42 Other important dates ........................................................................................................................ 42 Journal Page ............................................................................................................................................ 43 Daily Travel .......................................................................................................................................... 43 Provisions ............................................................................................................................................ 44 A Story about the Settlement of Northwestern Mexico (optional) ........................................................ 46 Lesson of how the sample trek should work .......................................................................................... 49 Preparation ......................................................................................................................................... 49 Day 3 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 50 Lesson Plan: Day 4 San Gabriel Mission to San Luis Obispo Mission .......................................................... 51 Concepts ................................................................................................................................................. 51 Preparation ............................................................................................................................................. 51 Classroom Activities ................................................................................................................................ 51 Notes ....................................................................................................................................................... 51 Trek -Teacher s Sample of Student Journal Page .................................................................................... 52 Journal Page ........................................................................................................................................ 52 Day 4 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 53 Lesson Plan: Day 5 San Luis Obispo Mission to Monterey Presidio and San Francisco .............................. 54 Concepts ................................................................................................................................................. 54 Preparation ............................................................................................................................................. 54 Classroom Activities ................................................................................................................................ 54 Notes 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