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Remember The Alamo!

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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Remember The Alamo!

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  1. Remember The Alamo!

  2. The Battle of the Alamo:The Truth is Often Lost Steve Helmeci Period 2

  3. Objective • My Objective is: • The students should be able to decide if the movie "The Alamo" is factual or not.

  4. 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

  5. Fact or Fiction:Davy Crockett was captured and executed after the siege.

  6. FACT

  7. Fact or Fiction:William Barrett Travis’s slave, Joe, escaped from the Alamo

  8. FACT

  9. Fact or Fiction:William Barrett Travis- commander of the Texan Force at the Alamo- Reached out to Texan towns for help

  10. FACT

  11. Fact or Fiction:32 Reinforcements arrived from the Town of Gonzalez on the eighth day of the siege.

  12. FACT

  13. Fact or Fiction:James Bowie fell ill with “Typhoid Pneumonia” while commanding the troops in the Alamo

  14. FACT

  15. Is the Movie Reliable?

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. References • "Battle of the Alamo."  The Civil War. Web. 05 Apr. 2010.<http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/battle-alamo.htm>

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