EXTRA  CREDIT  PROJECT  1  -­‐  Natural  History  Museum  Scavenger  Hunt  

Exhibit  –  Becoming  Los  Angeles  (on  the  1st  floor)  

Background:    This  14,000-­‐square-­‐foot  masterpiece  is  the  largest  in  the  Museum.    It  tells   the   stories   in   six  major   sections:     Los   Angeles   and   the   region   at   the   time   of  Spanish   contact;   the   Spanish   Mission   Era;   the   Mexican   Rancho   Era;   the   early  American  period;   the  emergence  of  a  new  American  city   in   the   late  19th  and  early  20th  centuries;  the  Great  Depression  and  World  War  II,  to  the  present.  

1. Take  a  picture  of  yourself   in  front  of  the  entrance  of  the  museum.    Make  sure  you  get  the  full  name  of  the  museum  in  the  background.  

2. Things   to  keep:    museum  brochure   and  museum   ticket   stub.     If   you   are   a  member,   you  must   keep   your  member   sticker   and   take   a   picture  with   the  person  behind  the  counter.  

3. Take  a  picture  of  the  exhibition  sign  for  Becoming  Los  Angeles.  4. Take  a  picture  of  any  Native  American  in  the  exhibit.    When  you  read  about  

them,  what  do  they  all  have  in  common?  

Please  note:    You  must  complete  a  minimum  of  45  questions.    That  does  not   include  the  Can  You  Find  sections.    A  minimum  of  two  questions  must  be  answered  from  each  section.     This   scavenger   hunt   is   designed   for   you   to   learn   about   the   history   being  presented.    Be  prepared   to   spend   some   time   in   the  museum.    Go   through   the  exhibit  slowly.    All  of  the  answers  are  there.    I  know,  because  I  spent  a  lot  of  time  creating  this  scavenger  hunt  by  myself.    This  was  not  created  by  the  museum.  

*****GOOD  LUCK…HAVE  FUN!!!!!*****  

FIRST  ROOM  

5. Take  a  picture  of  the  timeline  on  the  wall.  6. What  has  encouraged  Los  Angeles  human  development?    7. Who  are  the  native  peoples  of  the  Los  Angeles  area?  

1542  SPANISH  CONTACT  

The  Missions  

8. Take  a  picture  of  the  map  of  the  California  Mission  System.  

PLEASE  NOTE!  MUSEUM  RULES…  

Look  with   your   eyes;   don’t   touch  with   your   hands,   unless   the   signs   say  you  can.  

No  running  in  the  museum.   Discussion  is  great,  but  keep  your  voice  level  low.  

 

9. How   many   missions   were   established   in   California?     When   were   they  founded?    How  were   they  critical   to  achieving  Spain’s  goal   (name  all  of   the  goals).  

10. After   independence   from   Spain,   the  Mexican   government   decreed   that   the  missions  be  broken  up  and  the  land  granted  as  private  ____________.  

11. Which  was  the  most  influential  mission  in  the  Los  Angeles  area?  12. Name   one   mission   of   Southern   California   that   was   under   the   military  

protection  of  the  presidios  of  San  Diego  and  Santa  Barbara.    Take  a  picture  of  it.  

13. Take   a   picture   of   the   mission   that   was   established   at   the   signing   of   the  Declaration  of  Independence.    What  mission  is  it?  

New  Plants  and  Animals  

14. What   kinds   of   animals   were   introduced   to   California   by   the   Spanish  missions?  

15. Take  a  picture  of  the  Mediterranean-­‐style  plow.  

1781  LOS  ANGELES  FOUNDED  

16. What  date  was  Los  Angeles  founded?    What  did  they  call  the  town?  17. Los  Angeles  was  founded  as  an  _________________  community.  18. Take  a  picture  of  the  Diorama.  19. Name   one   family   that   was   a   founder   of   Los   Angeles.     Take   a   picture   of  

yourself  pointing  to  the  name.  

1821  MEXICAN  INDEPENDENCE  

Can  You  Find:  

The  grizzly  bear.   Bronze  locust  placard.    Take  a  picture.   Dice   Clipper  ship   Gold  miner’s  pan   One-­‐cent,  twenty-­‐cent,  and  half-­‐dollar  coin.  

Branding  Cattle  

20. How  was  wealth  measured?  21. Why  was  it  critical  to  brand  cattle?  Where  was  it  branded?  22. Take  a  picture  of  the  Branding  iron  for  cattle  at  Rancho  la  Ballona  (Present-­‐

day  Culver  City,  Mar  Vista,  Westlake,  Palms).  23. Take   a   picture   of   the   cow.     Point  where   it  would   be   branded  when   it  was  

sold.  

Cows  and  Grass  

24. What  was  the  breed  of  cow  found  in  Los  Angeles?  

25. How   did   cattle   spread   both   native   and   non-­‐native   grasses   in   their  ______________,  _______________,  and  _______________.  

 

The  Pueblo  (town)  of  Los  Angeles  

26. Name   three   of   the  most   prominent   families   that   built   elaborate   adobes   in  prime  locations  fronting  the  town  center  (plaza)  as  evidence  of  their  wealth  and  social  status.    

27. Take  a  picture  of  one  of  the  prominent  families  mentioned  above.  28. Who   sponsored   the   state’s   first   public   school   in   Los   Angeles?     Take   a  

picture.  29. Who  was   the  patriarch   of   a   prominent   rancho   family.     He   was   granted  

Rancho  San  Vicente  y  Santa  Monica  and  served  as  mayor  of  Los  Angeles   in  1825?    Hint:  a  boulevard  that  runs  north  and  south  is  named  after  his  family.  

30. When  was   the   first   official   census   taken?    How  many  people  were   in   Los  Angeles?  

31. Who  was  the  Afro-­Mexican  that  served  two  terms  as  Governor  of  California  under  Mexico?    Hint:  a  street  that  runs  east  and  west  is  named  after  him.  

32. Give  three  facts  about  him.    Take  a  picture  of  his  family  portrait,  writing  desk,  and  rosary.  

33. When  did  the  Mexican  Congress  elevate  Los  Angeles  from  a  pueblo  (town)  to  ciudad  (city)?      

1821  MEXICAN  INDEPENDENCE  

34. Mexican  Californians  defended  their   land   from  military   invasion  by   the  U.S.    Los  Angeles  was   the   center  of   the  Mexican   resistance   in  California.    Take  a  picture  of  the  U.S.  M-­1819  Hall  Rifle  and  Mexican  Republic  flag.  

35. What   treaty   transferred  California   from  Mexico   to   the  United  States?    Give  the  date  and  the  two  people  who  signed  it.  

36. Take  a  picture  of  the  table  on  which  the  treaty  was  signed.  37. Take  a  picture  of  the  first  American-­style  city  map  of  Los  Angeles.  38. Where  and  when  was  gold  first  discovered  in  California?      39. What  were  the  four  years  of  environmental  disaster?  

1848  AMERICAN  TERRITORY  

Infrastructure  

40. What  was  the  name  of  the  city’s  first  newspaper?    When  was  it  founded?  41. Take  a  picture  of  the  newspaper’s  office  sign.  42. Take  a  picture  of  the  service  that  linked  Los  Angeles  to  the  rest  of  the  nation.  

Demographic,  Cultural,  and  Political  transformations  

43. How   many   Chinese   were   counted   in   the   1850   federal   census?   Native  Americans?  African-­‐Americans?  Foreign  born?  Take  a  picture  of  the  earliest  Chinese.  

44. Who  was  a  pioneer  in  the  African-­American  community?  45. What  group  of  people  were  denied  basic  rights  and  citizenship  by  the  new  

state  constitution?  46. What  Italian-­‐American  has  the  oldest  brick  building  in  Los  Angeles?  47. Wine  or  Vine  Street  was  later  renamed  _________________  Street.  48. Julian  Chavez  controlled  the  distribution  of  water  for  the  pueblo  and  bought  

land   north   of   the   Plaza   for   farming.     His   former   landholding   in   Chavez  Ravine  is  home  to  what  baseball  team?    Take  his  picture.  

49. On   October   24,   1871,   Los   Angeles   witnesses   its  most  brutal   act   of   racial  violence,  known  as  ______________________.  Take  a  picture  next  to  the  case  titled  MURDER.  

1876  BUILDING  LOS  ANGELES  

Population  Bust  

50. In  1876,  the  arrival  of  the  ___________________Railroad  connect  Los  Angeles  via  _________________  to  the  rest  of  the  nation.  

51. What  were  some  of  the  ways  of  boosterism  that  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  used  to  try  and  entice  businesses,  homebuyers,  and  workers  to  Los  Angeles.    

52. Name  two  towns  that  were  established  on  what  had  been  rancho  land  when  railroads  laid  their  track.  

Civic  Institutions  

53. Name  two  civic  institutions  that  were  created  between  1865  and  1913.  54. Take  a  picture  of  the  cornice  from  Los  Angeles  first  public  high  school.  55. Take   a   picture   of   the   fireman’s   hat.     What   does   each   of   these   dates  

represent:  1869,  1884,  and  1920?  

Physical  Infrastructure  

56. Where  was  a  shipping  port  created  for  Los  Angeles?  57. Take  a  picture  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  sign.  58. Find  the  glass  bottle  of  water.    Where   is   this  water   from?    Who  conceived  

this  plan?  59. Find  the  picture  of  Ocean  Park,  1920s.    Take  a  picture  of  it.  60. What   was   the   name   of   Helen   Hunt   Jackson’s   bestselling   1884   novel  

called?  61. It  was  intended  to  draw  attention  to  what?    Take  a  picture  of  the  book  cover.  62. Take  a  picture  standing  next  to  the  case  with  the  ostrich.  63. Who  were  the  pioneers  of  the  Jewish  community  of  Los  Angeles?    Take  a  

picture  of  one  of  them.    64. Who   served   as   California   State   Printer,   State   Translator,   and   State  

Postmaster?  

65. Find  Harry  Chandler.    Give  three  important  facts  about  him.    Take  a  picture.  66. Find  the  picture  of  Modesta  Avila?    Who  was  she?    Take  a  picture.  

Agriculture  

67. From  1910   to   the  early  1950s   Los  Angeles  County   led   the  nation   in   farm  production  with  __________________  as  its  main  crop.  

68. Take  1  -­‐  3  pictures  that  represent  the  citrus  industry.  

Oil  Boom  

69. Who  discovered  oil  in  downtown  that  set  off  the  oil  boom?  Hint:  there  is  a  street  named  after  him.  

70. Find  the  Gas  Pump.    Take  a  picture.  

1929  GREAT  DEPRESSION  

71. Take  a  picture  of  the  large  3D  map  of  downtown.  72. Watch  the  video  monitor.    Choose  one  location  on  the  map  and  give  two  facts  

about  them.  73. Find  the  picture  of  the  Los  Angeles  Olympic  Games.    What  number  was  it?    

When  was  it  held?  74. As   a   result,   the   federal   government   funded  public  works   projects   aimed   at  

taming   them.   What   were   the   four   natural   challenges   that   affected   Los  Angeles?      

75. Find   the   map   that   shows   how   the  motion   picture   industry   was   able   to  transform  Southern  California  into  any  foreign  land.    Take  a  picture  of  it.  

76. Choose  one  reformer.    Take  a  picture  and  tell  what  they  did.  77. Find  Charlie  Chaplin  and  take  a  picture  with  him.  78. Find  Spreading  Surf  Culture.    What   is   the  name  of   the  music  group   in   the  

picture?    Where  did  this  culture  begin?  79. Locate  Walt  Disney’s  desk.    What  was  created  on  it?  

1941  WORLD  WAR  II  -­  LOS  ANGELES  

Can  You  Find:  

A  picture  of  Howard  Hughes.   A  picture  of  tires.   The  Hang  Ten  Skateboard.    Take  a  picture.   The  first  woman  U.S.  Navy  gunnery  officer.    Take  a  picture.   A  picture  of  Shirley  Temple.   Picture  of  General  George  Patton,  Jr.  

Aviation  

80. Who  built  California’s  first  airplane?  

Social  Justice  and  Environmental  Justice  

Name  the  event  -­  

81. Poverty,   residential   segregation,   high   unemployment   and   tense   police  community  relations  were  the  main  factors  _________________________.  

82. Under  her   leadership,   the  organization   forced   local  sewage  treatment  plans  to   comply   with   the   federal   Clean  Water   Act   and   devised   a   water   quality  report  card  for  beaches  statewide  ________________________.  

83. Sid  Castro  mentored  students  who  staged  the  East  Los  Angeles  High  School  Walkouts  in  1968  protesting  educational  inequality.    ____________________________  

84. This  was  the  largest  high  school  protest  in  U.S.  history.    Although  not  all  of  the   students’  demands  were  met   their  actions  brought  educational   reforms  in  L.A.  public  schools.  ___________________________________  

A  Global  City  and  Region  

85. What  mayor  was  a  grandson  of  slaves?      86. How  many  terms  did  he  serve?    What  were  the  dates?  

Take  a  picture  in  front  of  this  quote:  

“…in  all  the  world,  there  neither  was  nor  would  there  ever  be  another  place  like  this  City  of  Angles.    Here  the  American  people  were  erupting,  like  lava  from  a  volcano…”  –  Carey  McWilliams  

 

CONGRATULATIONS…YOU  HAVE  FINISHED  !!!!!      

• A  maximum  of  twenty-­‐five  (0  –  25)  additional  points  can  be  earned  by  doing  this  extra  credit  assignment.    Not  all  points  are  guaranteed   if  you  complete  this  assignment.    No  rubric  will  be  provided.    All  points  are  based  on  teacher  discretion.    No  exceptions  or  reconsiderations  will  be  made!  

• Remember  to  proofread  for  spelling  and  grammar  errors.  • All   requirements   for   the   assignment  must   be   completed   in   order   for   your  

work  to  be  graded.  • All  missing  work/and  or  “Z”   in   illuminate  must  be  completed  and  turned  in  

before  extra  credit  points  will  be  included  in  your  overall  grade.    

• Now   that   you  have   completed   this   task,   organize   your   scavenger   hunt   in   a  journal  or  booklet.    Be  CREATIVE!    Make  sure  to  include  the  entrance  ticket.