For students, parents and teachers studying the 21 California Missions, please visit our resource studio on Mission San Juan Capistrano grounds, free with the price of admission and open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.

Due to postage cost increases, and in effort to stay green, we will no longer be sending free education packets.

Mission San Juan Capistrano offers many helpful tools for writing your report.

All 21 Califonia Missions Report Workbook
Recommended for students, parents and teachers studying any of the 21 California missions for their school mission report.
Available soon for purchase at Mission San Juan Capistrano or immediately at our online gift shop.

Mission San Juan Capistrano Report Workbook
Recommended for students, parents and teachers studying Mission San Juan Capistrano for their school mission report.
Available for purchase at Mission San Juan Capistrano or immediately at our online gift shop.

Come by and visit us soon, and be sure to investigate our free Mission Resource Studio.  Good luck on your report.

Free Mission Map
Free map for students when you visit the Mission on a Saturday or Sunday.
Click here to download this coupon

History Articles:
For immediate assistance, Mission San Juan Capistrano offers the following free educational information for school projects to download:
Frequently Asked Questions about Mission San Juan Capistrano
Frequently Asked Questions about Acjachemen Life before Spanish Contact
Frequently Asked Questions about Native American Life at a Mission
Frequently Asked Questions about the Spanish Mission System.
Student Activity: The Acjachemen Nation: San Juan's First People
Student Activity: California's Spanish Explorers
Student Activity: New Spain's Franciscans
Mission Agriculture
Spread of Diseases
Hide and Tallow
Mission Food
Cattle Ranching
Wine and Olive Oil
Alta Soldiers
Cloth Production
Unique Facts about the 21 Missions

Audio Tour:
Download the award-winning audio tour of Mission San Juan Capistrano.  

Recommended Reading:

Website Links
Juaneno Band of Mission Indians: The Acjachemen Nation
National Park Service: California Mission Overview
California Missions Resource Center
California Missions
California Missions Studies Association

Free Online Books
Google Books: Zephyrin Engelhardt San Juan Capistrano Mission
Google Books: St. John O'Sullivan Little Chapters About San Juan Capistrano

Books at Your Local Library
Find the Library near you that has the book you want

Padres of the California mission frontier
Author: Williams, Jack S.

Indians of the California mission frontier
Author: William, Jack S.

Soldiers and their families of the California mission frontier
Author: Williams, Jack S.

Craftsmen and Craftswomen of the California mission frontier
Author: Williams, Jack S.

Historic Communities: Spanish Missions
Author: Kalman, Bobbie

Indian Life at the Old Missions
Author: Webb, Edith Buckland

Mission San Juan Capistrano
Author: Edgar, Kathleen

For more information please call our Education Department at (949) 234-1320