Research one California mission and present both its architecture and purpose and at least one honest fact about its impact on Native Californians, avoiding a one-sided or romanticized picture.
For this project, choose one of California's 21 missions and research it -- but do it the way a historian would, not the way an old-fashioned school project might. A famous shortcut some students use is building a cute model, like a mission made of sugar cubes, that shows only the pretty architecture and skips the harder history entirely. That approach leaves out half the true story, and this year you know better.
Your project should show two things side by side: real facts about the mission itself (its founding year, its founder, its architecture, what it produced), and at least one honest, accurate fact about its impact on the Native Californians connected to it, drawing on weeks 12 through 14. A respectful project tells the whole story, not just the postcard version.
Mastery looks like: They complete a mission project that accurately describes the mission itself and includes at least one honest, respectful fact about its impact on Native Californians.
Common stumbles: Building a purely decorative project that omits Native history entirely; including only negative facts with no real information about the mission itself.