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Never heard of this - east coaster here.

I think it's just a CA thing

Instead of missions we actually focused on Sutter's Fort and my class got to spend the night there dressed as pioneers! We spent the year taking on the identity of a real member of the Donner Party and had this elaborate thing in the classroom, like we received shells as incentives that we could use as currency during our Fort stay.

No but in Texas kids take Texas History in 4th grade so there are similar projects!!

We didn't do that growing up in Florida, but DH grew up in Northern California and did. He chose Mission Santa Barbara too and just told me that he used the mission he made as a garage for his GI Joes.

Never heard of this!

I did Mission San Juan Capistrano!

Yes, we built missions out of "adobe". Straw, sand, mud, and water. It was messy and we all loved it. California girl here.

Never heard of this or any special project like it, but I live in Michigan.

@chopsuey: was this through church?

Never heard of this either!

@mediagirl: no, it's a school thing. California has 40 (?) missions that were founded by the Spanish in the 18th century (?), so we study all the missions as part of CA history. It's pretty fun. The town I grew up in had a mission, but it's mostly gone now.