{"product_id":"spanish-missions-in-texas-grade-4-week-6","title":"Texas State History - Grade 4 - Spanish Missions in Texas - Week 6 Full Curriculum","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeach Grade 4 Texas history through a complete five-day week built around a \u003cstrong\u003e6-stop Dynamic History interactive map investigation\u003c\/strong\u003e. Students examine why Spain built missions, presidios, settlements, roads, and acequias; how geography shaped mission locations; why Spanish control remained limited; and how archaeology and living communities preserve connections to mission history today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis Week 6 resource coordinates the interactive Dynamic History module with Standard and Accessible print alternatives, a transcript-grounded video evidence activity, the complete \u003cem\u003eSpanish Missions in Texas (1690-1821)\u003c\/em\u003e Readers Theater, and complete Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 assessments. Teachers can use the full five-day sequence or select individual components to fit their schedule.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/karankawa-gulf-coast-land-water-ways-of-life-grade-4-week-4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill this resource meet your expectations? Try Week 4! 100% FREE!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003ch3\u003eWhat students practice\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConnected mission systems:\u003c\/strong\u003e explain how missions, presidios, civilian settlements, roads, and acequias worked together as parts of Spain's colonial strategy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColonial government:\u003c\/strong\u003e recognize that Spanish Texas answered to the Spanish Crown through New Spain and appointed officials rather than elected provincial leaders.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGeography and settlement:\u003c\/strong\u003e use water, farmland, routes, distance, protection, and relationships to explain why mission communities stayed, moved, grew, or failed.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical evidence:\u003c\/strong\u003e compare photographs, archaeology, artifacts, records, landscapes, reconstructions, and community sources while identifying what each source can and cannot prove.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIndigenous perspectives:\u003c\/strong\u003e explain that Native nations had their own governments, economies, cultures, and goals and that mission experiences included cooperation, negotiation, pressure, resistance, and forced change.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLimited control and lasting effects:\u003c\/strong\u003e explain how Spain created several lasting footholds without controlling most of Texas and how mission places remain connected to living communities.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch3\u003eThe five-day week\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDay 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dynamic History Stops 1-3 - Spain's connected mission system and government, statewide distance and supply evidence, Ysleta and Tigua continuity, and archaeology at Mission Dolores.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDay 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dynamic History Stops 4-6 - daily life and labor at Mission San Jose, acequia benefits and tradeoffs, Mission Espiritu Santo at Goliad, reconstruction limits, and present-day community continuity.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDay 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSpanish Colonial Texas: Did Spain Control Texas?\u003c\/em\u003e video evidence activity focused on the author's claim, limited Spanish control, American Indian power, settlement patterns, and the transition to Mexican independence in 1821.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDay 4:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSpanish Missions in Texas (1690-1821)\u003c\/em\u003e Readers Theater with performance guidance, discussion, and a complete follow-up assessment.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDay 5:\u003c\/strong\u003e discussion, review, and a complete standalone final assessment.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch3\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDynamic History interactive module access with \u003cstrong\u003e6 guided stops and 24 auto-graded tasks\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStop-scoped clickable map evidence, historical photographs, artifacts, reconstructions, Standard and Accessible reading paths, and six Accessible Read Intro audio-support texts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e14-page Standard and 15-page Accessible print-module companions with equivalent learning targets for classrooms that need paper options.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e43-page all-in-one Teacher Guide and Answer Key with week-at-a-glance planning, substitute-ready 48-minute daily lesson plans, differentiation, direct map support, Readers Theater guidance, and complete assessment keys.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFour-page Day 3 video activity with prediction, evidence sorting, claim-evidence-reasoning writing, historical precision, and an 1821 transition question.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNine-page Day 4 Readers Theater Student Script with 10 scenes and 11 speaking roles.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDay 3 video assessment with 10 vocabulary terms, 10 short-answer questions, 5 challenge questions, and a 20-question multiple-choice quiz.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDay 4 Readers Theater assessment with 10 vocabulary terms, 10 short-answer questions, 5 challenge questions, and a 20-question multiple-choice quiz.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDay 5 final assessment with 10 vocabulary terms, 10 short-answer questions, 5 challenge questions, and a 25-question multiple-choice quiz.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrintable student worksheets and multiple-choice quiz versions for the Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 assessments.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSelf-grading Google Forms for the Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 multiple-choice quizzes through the shared classroom folder.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComplete model answers, direct answer keys, standards alignment, discussion guidance, map links, and performance support inside the single weekly Teacher Guide.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoogle Forms note:\u003c\/strong\u003e Self-grading Google Forms are cloud-native and are provided through the shared Google folder. 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