Arcadia Public Library

A visitor's guide to the founding, ruination, and eventual restoration of the California missions.

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Alphabetical entries examine the major people, places, and events of world history as well as movements, organizations, and books.

Learning about mission life and history can be fun! This activity book is packed full of thirty-eight educational activities, crafts, crosswords puzzle, maps, model views of 21 missions, projects, fill-ins, word search, time line, and more.

Chronologically traces human history and civilization from prehistoric times to the present day using a detailed timeline, covering key events, people, inventions and discoveries, and ideas and beliefs.

Traces the history of this California mission with reference to the Spanish explorers, Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries, Ohlone Indians, and its secularization by the state.

Discusses the mission of San Luis Rey from its founding in 1798 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Luiseño Indians.

Offers a comprehensive overview of the Middle Ages from the fall of the Roman Empire through the 14th century, covering the Carolingian Age, the Crusades, and developments in Eastern Europe, the Islamic world, and elsewhere around the globe.