These lessons are designed to support a visit to the exhibition on the Van of Enchantment and can be integrated into a unit that explores history of travel and trade on El Camino Real. They use a host of primary sources—images, maps and official lists of items carried on the road—as a basis for activities and exploration.
If you cannot take your students to the Van exhibition, these lessons can be used by themselves, either in relation to other topics or as part of a larger unit on El Camino Real. Few additional materials are required and all are either inexpensive or already available in the classroom or on-line. Our goal is to make these lessons as flexible and easy to use as possible.
