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: "We came here for food in a hard year, and now we cannot go home.", "Our ceremonies and our language are being taken from us.", "Building a church of stone here is holy work.", "Living in one village will make the people easier to teach."

A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission

2.Sort each one: A Spanish missionary or A Native person at a mission?

Sort: "The mission brings people to the Catholic faith.", "Teaching farming and weaving is a gift to the people here.", "We are made to work in the fields without pay.", "The mission's cattle are eating the plants our people gather."

A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission

3.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.", "The new sicknesses are killing our children."

A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission

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Answer key — Two Views of the Missions

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. "Building a church of stone here is holy work." — A Spanish missionary 2. "Living in one village will make the people easier to teach." — A Spanish missionary 3. "Our ceremonies and our language are being taken from us." — A Native person at a mission 4. "We came here for food in a hard year, and now we cannot go home." — A Native person at a mission
2.1. "Teaching farming and weaving is a gift to the people here." — A Spanish missionary 2. "The mission brings people to the Catholic faith." — A Spanish missionary 3. "The mission's cattle are eating the plants our people gather." — 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. "People who were baptized must stay at the mission." — A Spanish missionary 2. "Soldiers must bring back anyone who runs away." — A Spanish missionary 3. "The new sicknesses are killing our children." — A Native person at a mission 4. "This land was ours long before the Spanish came." — 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.