REMEMBER THE ALAMO!

The Battle of the Alamo:

The Truth is Often Lost

Steve HelmeciPeriod 2

Objective My Objective is:

The students should be able to decide if the movie "The Alamo" is factual or not.

Battle Background(Actual Battle)

On February 23, 1896, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna attacked the Texan-controlled town of San Antonio

They almost took the defenders by surprise They quickly evacuated the town and gathered the

citizens in the Alamo- the mission in San Antonio For 13 days, the approximately 200 Texan

volunteers defended the Alamo against the nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers.

Some of the most famous defenders were Davy Crockett, the Tennessean Congressman, and James Bowie, the famous knife fighter

By the end of the siege, all of the Alamo defenders were slain. However, women and children were spared

Fact or Fiction:Davy Crockett was captured and

executed after the siege.

Fact Fiction

FACT

Fact or Fiction:William Barrett Travis’s slave, Joe,

escaped from the Alamo

Fact Fiction

FACT

Fact or Fiction:William Barrett Travis- commander of

the Texan Force at the Alamo- Reached out to Texan towns for helpFact Fiction

FACT

Fact or Fiction:32 Reinforcements arrived from the

Town of Gonzalez on the eighth day of the siege.

Fact Fiction

FACT

Fact or Fiction:James Bowie fell ill with “Typhoid

Pneumonia” while commanding the troops in the Alamo

Fact Fiction

FACT

Is the Movie Reliable?

Yes No

My Decision I believe that the movie is reliable

because: Throughout my research, I found no glaring

errors in the movie’s facts Despite the fact that some parts were over

exaggerated, I believe that the directors and creators of the movie did their best to be historically accurate

All of the “Fact or Fiction” segments I shared with you were from the movie- and all were found factual based on my research

Relation To the Theme My topic relates to the theme of

Expansion because: The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal point in

the Texan Revolution, which the Texans won Although Texas was an independent nation for

a couple of years after winning its independence, it became a state in the Union, thus expanding the U.S.’s territory

References "Battle of the Alamo."  The Civil War. Web. 05

Apr. 2010. <http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/battle-alamo.htm>