The Mystery on the California Mission Trail
Kids, Fiction, Mysteries and Detective Stories, Teen, General Fiction, Fiction - YA
| Author: | Carole Marsh | ISBN: | 9780635069030 |
| Publisher: | Gallopade International | Publication: | January 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Carole Marsh Mysteries | Language: | English |
| Author: | Carole Marsh |
| ISBN: | 9780635069030 |
| Publisher: | Gallopade International |
| Publication: | January 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Carole Marsh Mysteries |
| Language: | English |
One scary mystery! Four funny friends! Mucho missing mission bells! Lots of red herrings and no time left! A series of clues in Spanish lead four real kids down California's famous Old Mission Trail in search of a solution to a mystery of history and hilarity!
LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more!
Definition of missions, and their functions in the past and present • Mission architecture and design • Missions and the California Gold Rush • Why missions were founded, and the hardships involved • Indians' reactions to the missions, and the effects of the missions on the Indians • Father Junipero Serra's work with the missions and his burial • Important facts about each mission the group visits, including information on architecture, present-day status of the mission, the bells in each mission, circumstances surrounding the missions' foundings, and other distinctive trivia • Pío Rico, a Spanish governor in America • Secularization • El Camino Real • Ojo de Dios craft • Mission La Purísima • Concepción, Lompoc • Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara • Mission Santa Inés, Solvang • Mission San Diego de Alcalá • Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, San Luis Rey • Mission San Buenaventura, San Buena Ventura • Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano • Mission San Gabriel Arcángel • Mission San Fernando Rey de España • Mission San Antonio de Padua • Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad •Mission San Francisco de Asís (or Mission Dolores)
This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Development Reading Assessment level.
One scary mystery! Four funny friends! Mucho missing mission bells! Lots of red herrings and no time left! A series of clues in Spanish lead four real kids down California's famous Old Mission Trail in search of a solution to a mystery of history and hilarity!
LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more!
Definition of missions, and their functions in the past and present • Mission architecture and design • Missions and the California Gold Rush • Why missions were founded, and the hardships involved • Indians' reactions to the missions, and the effects of the missions on the Indians • Father Junipero Serra's work with the missions and his burial • Important facts about each mission the group visits, including information on architecture, present-day status of the mission, the bells in each mission, circumstances surrounding the missions' foundings, and other distinctive trivia • Pío Rico, a Spanish governor in America • Secularization • El Camino Real • Ojo de Dios craft • Mission La Purísima • Concepción, Lompoc • Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara • Mission Santa Inés, Solvang • Mission San Diego de Alcalá • Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, San Luis Rey • Mission San Buenaventura, San Buena Ventura • Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano • Mission San Gabriel Arcángel • Mission San Fernando Rey de España • Mission San Antonio de Padua • Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad •Mission San Francisco de Asís (or Mission Dolores)
This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Development Reading Assessment level.
