Two Views of the Missions is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on why missionaries and Native people saw the missions differently, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.4.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
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Two Views of the Missions
D2.His.4.3-5
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These sentences were written for this worksheet. Sort each one under the person who would most likely say it.
1.Sort each one: A Spanish missionary or A Native person at a mission?
Sort: "This land was ours long before the Spanish came.", "People who were baptized must stay at the mission.", "Soldiers must bring back anyone who runs away.", "Our ceremonies and our language are being taken from us."
A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission
2.Sort each one: A Spanish missionary or A Native person at a mission?
Sort: "The new sicknesses are killing our children.", "The mission brings people to the Catholic faith.", "We are made to work in the fields without pay.", "Living in one village will make the people easier to teach."
A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission
3.Sort each one: A Spanish missionary or A Native person at a mission?
Sort: "Teaching farming and weaving is a gift to the people here.", "Building a church of stone here is holy work.", "We came here for food in a hard year, and now we cannot go home.", "We cannot leave to visit our families or gather our own foods."
A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission
LessonPrint · D2.His.4.3-5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two Views of the Missions
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. "Our ceremonies and our language are being taken from us." — A Native person at a mission 2. "People who were baptized must stay at the mission." — A Spanish missionary 3. "Soldiers must bring back anyone who runs away." — A Spanish missionary 4. "This land was ours long before the Spanish came." — A Native person at a mission
2.1. "Living in one village will make the people easier to teach." — A Spanish missionary 2. "The mission brings people to the Catholic faith." — A Spanish missionary 3. "The new sicknesses are killing our children." — A Native person at a mission 4. "We are made to work in the fields without pay." — A Native person at a mission
3.1. "Building a church of stone here is holy work." — A Spanish missionary 2. "Teaching farming and weaving is a gift to the people here." — A Spanish missionary 3. "We came here for food in a hard year, and now we cannot go home." — A Native person at a mission 4. "We cannot leave to visit our families or gather our own foods." — A Native person at a mission
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.