Grade 4 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 6, Lesson 4

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Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 6, Lesson 4: Californios and Indians Lose Their Land (pp. 155-157)

The Big Idea
Framework Concepts: Conflict/Change The conflict between the Californios and the Americans over rancho land led to the end of the great ranchos.

Assign four students the following roles: Californio, American squatter, Native American, commissioner. Write profiles on the board for each of the roles by holding a question/answer session in which students ask questions of each of the four students to find out what part each had in the struggle over land ownership.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Have students write a paragraph describing the unfair treatment given to rancheros and Indians by Americanos. They should use facts from the lesson in their explanation.
Have students use the advertisement on p.156 as a model for their own advertisements for a California land development.

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