Remembering the Alamo
From: Digital History
Grade Level: MS, HS
Remote Ready: With modifications
Time: 1 class period
Length of Reading: Pages
Link: Remembering the Alamo
Eight interesting, short primary sources (a couple of paragraphs to a page long each) are available about preparations for battle and the actual battle at the Alamo.There's just 2 simple overarching questions about these documents for students to answer (see the Teacher Resources tab). So you can structure the activity however you'd like. You could have students answer the questions individually or divide the documents up and Jigsaw.
More Information:
Grade Level:
MS, HS: This lesson is meant for middle school and high school students
This Activity Involves:
Primary Source: This activity utilizes primary sources.
Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas. [Between 1980 and 2006] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2011630482/>.
