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Rancho Roots: The Californio Legacy in marin

A free, hands-on history program for fourth-grade students

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Download our Rancho Roots 4th Grade Program Flyer for additional information about the program, activities, and learning objectives.

4TH GRADE PROGRAM FLYER

Bring California history close to home


Rancho Roots explores Marin County during the Rancho Period through artifacts, historical maps, interactive activities, and local stories. The program supports California History-Social Science Standard HSS-4.2.

What Students Will Discover


Students will:
• Assess the economic and social relationships between Californios and Indigenous people during the Rancho Period
• Analyze everyday objects to better understand daily life on the ranchos
• Create their own hand-drawn maps inspired by historical diseños from the Rancho Era

TWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

COME TO US

Visit the Boyd Gate House


Students visit the Boyd Gate House and experience:

• A tour of Rancho Roots: The Californio Legacy in Marin
• An interactive timeline activity
• A diseño drawing activity

Marin History Museum
1125 B Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
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Traveling History Trunk


MHM brings Rancho Roots directly into the classroom with:

• An interactive timeline activity
• Hands-on rancho object exploration
• A diseño drawing activity

Bring the Rancho Period to life for your students

School programs are free.

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