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.
Set 24 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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: "People who were baptized must stay at the mission.", "This land was ours long before the Spanish came.", "The mission helps the king hold this land for Spain.", "We cannot leave to visit our families or gather our own foods."
A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission
2.Sort each one: A Spanish missionary or A Native person at a mission?
Sort: "Living in one village will make the people easier to teach.", "We came here for food in a hard year, and now we cannot go home.", "Soldiers must bring back anyone who runs away.", "The new sicknesses are killing our children."
A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission
3.Sort each one: A Spanish missionary or A Native person at a mission?
Sort: "We are made to work in the fields without pay.", "The mission's cattle are eating the plants our people gather.", "Teaching farming and weaving is a gift to the people here.", "Building a church of stone here is holy work."
A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission
LessonPrint · D2.His.4.3-5 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two Views of the Missions
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. "People who were baptized must stay at the mission." — A Spanish missionary 2. "The mission helps the king hold this land for Spain." — A Spanish missionary 3. "This land was ours long before the Spanish came." — 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
2.1. "Living in one village will make the people easier to teach." — 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. "We came here for food in a hard year, and now we cannot go home." — 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. "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
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.