Friday, January 30, 2009

Exam

Exam on the Texas Revolution on Feb. 5 for my blue day classes (P.1-4) Grey day (P. 6-8) classes will take the exam on Feb. 10.

Review Sheet below:

Read over Chapters 9-11

Review your 3 battle foldable in your spiral
Date of Texas Independence Day
Major events at the Alamo
know the strengths and weaknesses of the Texans and Mexicans


re-read the famous letter from Travis

have a basic understanding of the final day of battle

What happened at Goliad


Understand the Battle at San Jacinto

Know the major leaders on both sides


how Santa Anna’s goals in Texas—How did he become overconfident?

HOMEWORK

Student will write a newspaper type article on P. 44 in their spriral pretending like they are observing the Runaway Scrape in Texas in 1836. Students are to write like a journalist, so they need to include the following info: Who What When Where Why How How Many

Thursday, January 15, 2009

HOMEWORK

Handout P. 41 in spiral due Jan. 16/20

Monday, January 12, 2009

HOMEWORK

Students created a foldable in class labled The Texas Revolution Begins.
The sub lables are: Battle of Gonzalez, Battle at Goliad, and Battle for San Antonio

Students will answer the following questions inside the foldable:

Who fought?
Who were the leaders for each side?
Who won?
Write a brief description of the fighting and the results of the fighting.

Glue into P. 40 in the spiral.

Due Jan. 14/15