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Here are the teacher pack items for The Battle of the Alamo:
Overview In this experience, students brainstorm names of defenders at the Alamo. Then they examine details about the battle and summarize its outcome. Next they research one of the defenders and write a short report. Finally they compare how the Alamo looked in 1836 to how it looks today, and they conclude why the Alamo has remained such an important symbol of the Texas Revolution. If you have access to leveled readers about the Battle of the Alamo or biographies of any of the famous defenders, assign them to the students in parallel to this experience. Estimated duration: 45-90 minutes, depending on how much time you want to give students to research and write their reports Vocabulary words: Objectives
Following the Battle of Gonzales, the Texan Volunteer Army organized and had several victories over the Mexican Army. In most of these battles, the Texans had surprise on their side because Mexico did not yet take the threat seriously. President Santa Anna was unhappy with his army’s losses to this rag-tag army, so he personally took over as commander of the Mexican troops that marched to regain the fort at San Antonio de Béxar. In this experience, you will learn about this Battle of the Alamo and about the men who gave their lives there in the name of Texas independence.
Objectives
The Alamo as it appears today
Name a defender of the Alamo. To list multiple names, separate them with a comma, like this: Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson. If you don’t know any, write “unknown.” You will be able to name many of them by the end of the experience.
Students may recognize the names of Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Travis, although they may not realize that these three men gave their lives defending the Alamo.
