Dominguez Rancho Adobe

Museum
Qianna Young & Anthony Large

Content Standards
Content Strand: Continuity and Change
Substrand: 3.3
Goal for Substrand:
Students draw from historical and community resources to organize
the se-quence of local historical events and describe how each period
of settlement left its mark on the land.
3.3.1 Research the explorers who visited here, the newcomers who
settled here, and the people who continue to come to the region,
including their cultural and religious traditions and contributions.
3.3.2 Describe the economies established by settlers and their
influence on the present-day economy, with emphasis on the
importance of private property and entrepreneurship.
3.3.3 Trace why their community was established, how individuals
and families contributed to its founding and development, and how
the community has changed over time, drawing on maps,
photographs, oral histories, letters, newspapers, and other primary
sources.

Pre Lesson Activity

To begin with, we will look at some artifacts to see what they can tell us
about life on a rancho.
Rancho Culture Chart/Artifacts and Documents
Provide student groups of four with bags containing objects that may
have been utilized during the Rancho Period. Examples of items that
may be included are:
cow hide (leather)
carne seca (beef jerky)
diseno
adobe brick (clay)
candle

During the Field Trip

Down
1) Last name that made the
Rancho possible
2) Rancho got its export from
here
3) What sign exiting the
freeway says that directs you
to the Rancho
4) The King of Spain granted
this to Juan Jose
5) The oldest tree on the

Across
1) The Museum will gladly
accept
2) This Spanish word for oven
3) What Juan Jose served as for
the army
4) People who give tours
5) Found while excavating on
the Rancho
6) Susana married this name
and is now a shopping mall
7) First day of the week when
tours are given at the Rancho
8) A large farm
9) What the Rancho is originally
made of
7) Victoria married this name
and is now a city
8) Dolores married this name
and it is now a land company

Post Field Trip

Assignment
Focus Questions: To be answered
using Frayer Model graphic organizer
and should include illustrations
What is a rancho?
What did the ranchos contribute to the
economic development of our area?
What was life like on a rancho?