Lesson 4 - Vizcaino

 This is our last Spanish explorer by ship.  Vizciano was not so much an explorer as a setteler.  He was charged with the task of scoping out Alto California and if he found a good spot, to start a settlement.  This is a definite shift in the attitude of Spain.  They aren't just visiting and trading, but moving in.  Again, 

“Exploration of the California Coast” by Clarissa Aykroyd has a whole chapter devoted to Vizcaino and introduces Junipero Serra and the California Missions.  Here is where we transition into the Missions. This book is the only one at our library that has anything on Vizciano in the Children's section.  I am sure there is more info if you want to go dig it out of a research book and then teach your student from your own notes.  If this is your thing - GO FOR IT!  Otherwise, I think he is important enough to mention because he is the first one to come to Alto California with the intent of settling, but he is minor enough that I am not going to put my effort here.  We are marching on.

ACTIVITIES:

Take notes of your reading.  Use the note sheet that you created in Lesson 1 of this unit.

Take one of those larger houses that I warned you about in the overview and glue it to your map of San Diego to represent the first mission.  Later we will add more missions as we travel up El Camino Real.