Kathleen J. Edgar – författare

Fray Junipero Serra established San Diego de Alcalá, the first of the California missions, in 1769. The Catholic Spanish friars established the mission with the hope of converting Native Americans to Catholicism. Although the level of reception to the Catholic religion and subsequently to the mission itself varied, the San Diego de Alcala played an important role in the history of California. The content provided in this book, aligned to California state standards, will provide students with a greater insight into the story of San Diego de Alcalá and California’s mission system. This book is filled with excellent primary source materials and visuals, including illustrations, paintings, and maps.

The Mission San Francisco de Asís, sometimes called Mission Dolores was the sixth of twenty-one missions. The government of New Spain required the friars to keep records of life at the mission. Readers will get to experience that life while learning incredible details of innovation for those times. The content provided in this book, aligned to California state standards, will provide students with a greater insight into the story of San Francisco de Asís and California’s mission system. This book is filled with excellent primary source materials and visuals, including illustrations, paintings, and maps.

Mission Miguel Arcángel was founded by Spanish friars and soldiers in 1797 and built by the Salinan Indians. The site that Fray Sitjar chose for Mission San Miguel Arcángel was near the Salinas River. Located in a fertile valley with rich soul, the land was ideal for farming and ranching. The Spanish hoped that many Indians from the nearby village would join the mission. The content provided in this book, aligned to California state standards, will provide students with a greater insight into the story of San Miguel Arcángel and California’s mission system. This book is filled with excellent primary source materials and visuals, including illustrations, paintings, and maps.

The San Juan Capistrano''s difficult and time-consuming construction speaks volumes to the sometimes high-tension relationship between the Spanish friars and local Indians. The original date set for the construction was October of 1775, which was delayed until November 1776 because of various Indian revolts against the Spaniards. The content provided in this book, aligned to California state standards, will provide students with a greater insight into the story of San Juan Capistrano and California''s mission system. This book is filled with excellent primary source materials and visuals, including illustrations, paintings, and maps.

The San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo mission, the second of the twenty one missions, was founded by Fray Serra in the Carmel valley. The content provided in this book, aligned to California state standards, will provide students with a greater insight into the story of San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo and California’s mission system. Readers will become familiar with the various buildings, living quarters, and courtyards that constitute a mission as well as important historical dates. This book is filled with excellent primary source materials and visuals, including illustrations, paintings, and maps.

The San Luis Obispo de Tolosa remains an architectural artifact of religious fervor in downtown San Luis. The mission, named for Bishop Toulouse, is called the Prince of Mansions. Spanning an entire city block, its whitewashed adobe and red-tiled roof towers above nearby buildings. The content provided in this book, aligned to California state standards, will provide students with a greater insight into the story of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa and California’s mission system. This book is filled with excellent primary source materials and visuals, including illustrations, paintings, and maps.