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 4 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: "Soldiers must bring back anyone who runs away.", "We cannot leave to visit our families or gather our own foods.", "We are made to work in the fields without pay.", "Teaching farming and weaving is a gift to the people here."
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.", "This land was ours long before the Spanish came.", "The mission brings people to the Catholic faith.", "We came here for food in a hard year, and now we cannot go home."
A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission
3.Sort each one: A Spanish missionary or A Native person at a mission?
Sort: "The mission's cattle are eating the plants our people gather.", "The mission helps the king hold this land for Spain.", "The new sicknesses are killing our children.", "Building a church of stone here is holy work."
A Spanish missionaryA Native person at a mission
LessonPrint · D2.His.4.3-5 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two Views of the Missions
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. "Soldiers must bring back anyone who runs away." — A Spanish missionary 2. "Teaching farming and weaving is a gift to the people here." — A Spanish missionary 3. "We are made to work in the fields without pay." — 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. "The mission brings people to the Catholic faith." — A Spanish missionary 3. "This land was ours long before the Spanish came." — 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. "The mission helps the king hold this land for Spain." — A Spanish missionary 3. "The mission's cattle are eating the plants our people gather." — A Native person at a mission 4. "The new sicknesses are killing our children." — 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.