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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).
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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) • 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 or Fiction:William Barrett Travis’s slave, Joe, escaped from the Alamo
Fact or Fiction:William Barrett Travis- commander of the Texan Force at the Alamo- Reachedout to Texan towns for help
Fact or Fiction:32 Reinforcements arrived from the Town of Gonzalez on the eighth dayof the siege.
Fact or Fiction:James Bowie fell ill with “Typhoid Pneumonia” while commanding the troops in the Alamo
Fact or Fiction:Sam Houston- Famous General of the Texan Army- Was Never at the Alamo during the Siege.
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 • SLIDE 1 PICTURE: "Battle of the Alamo." The Civil War. Web. 05 Apr. 2010. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/battle-alamo.htm • SLIDE 5 PICTURE: Davy Crockett Biography and Frontiersman Facts. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. <http://davycrockettbiography.com/>. • SLIDE 7 PICTURE: NIAHD Journals. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. <http://niahd.wm.edu/?browse=entry&id=10906>. • SLIDE 9 PICTURE: "Thomas E. "Black Jack" Ketchum." Webs - Make a Free Website, Get Free Hosting. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. <http://www.freewebs.com/sheriff-black-jack/thealamo.htm>. • SLIDE 11 PICTURE: "File:Map of Texas Highlighting Gonzales County.svg - Wikimedia Commons." Main Page - Wikimedia Commons. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Gonzales_County.svg>. • SLIDE 13 PICTURE: "Bayou Bouef Village." Bunkie La in Avoyelles Parish Louisiana. Go BHS Panthers! Web. 12 Apr. 2010. <http://www.bunkie.com/BunkieTattler/Archives/bayou_bouef_village.htm>. • SLIDE 15 PICTURE:"THE WEST - Sam Houston." PBS. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. <http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/d_h/houston.htm>.