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  1. History Lessons
  2. U.S. History
  3. Colonial Era
  4. Portola Expedition
Topic: U.S. History, World History
Time Period: Colonial Era
Category: Lesson Plan

Portola Expedition

In this lesson, students practice their sourcing, corroboration and close reading skills by examining two diary entries of Spanish explorers involved in the Portola Expedition. Students are asked to consider the relative strengths and weaknesses in using these diary accounts to understand the purpose of the expedition and life for Native Americans across California in the 18th century. 

Image: Pictorial map of Spanish missions in California created in 1949. From the Library of Congress.

Image: Pictorial map of Spanish missions in California created in 1949. From the Library of Congress. 

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