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Remember The Alamo!. The Battle of the Alamo: The Truth is Often Lost. Steve Helmeci Period 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). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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>