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Description
OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students will complete a graphic organizer worksheet recording key information related to significant events of the Texas Revolution including the date, location, details, and significance of each event.
LESSON TIME
This lesson will take approximately 135 – 180 minutes
Exact times may vary based on the specific needs of individual classes.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
- What is the most significant information about the key events of the Texas Revolution?
Teacher Tools
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Lesson Plan, Teacher Guide, Primary Sources Used
Downloadable/editable versions of this lesson plan, including a step-by-step guide through the lesson. When applicable, a list of primary sources used in the lesson is also included.
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This ready-to-use classroom slideshow contains the warm-up exercise, the daily objective, the “We will / I will” statements, and the essential question for the lesson.
It guides the class through the assignment providing larger versions of images, visual representations of the directions, and supports for reading and answering questions including sentence stems for in-class responses. It concludes with the exit ticket.
Student Activities
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Warm-up and Exit Ticket
In this printable warm-up / bell-ringer activity, students will choose one event we have learned about so far, and provide one cause and one effect or result of their chosen event. This warm-up can be used for each day of this lesson with students writing new information each day as the lesson progresses.
In this exit ticket, students will create a true or false statement based on information from the lesson and explain why their statement is true or false.
The Warm-up and Exit Ticket document includes two warm-ups on the front of the page and two exit tickets on the back of the page. This formatting reduces the number of copies needed, as teachers will cut each printed page in half. Each student will receive a half-page with the warm-up on the front and the exit on the back.
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Grade Level Work
In this printable assignment, students will record their notes in their graphic organizer by writing small pieces of information and completing fill-in-the-blank segments for longer information.
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In this printable assignment, students will record their notes in their graphic organizer by highlighting or circling the correct information or completing reduced fill-in-the-blank segments.
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In this printable assignment, students will record their own notes in their graphic organizer. To increase rigor, ask the students to paraphrase longer pieces of information, encouraging them to think about the information enough to put it in their own words. The Advanced work concludes with a cause-and-effect activity in which students choose three events from the lesson and explain one significant cause and effect of each event.
Sources
Previews and links to sources referenced in this lesson.
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The Battle of the Alamo
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Washington-On-the-Brazos State Historic Site
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The Siege of the Alamo Map
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The Runaway Scrape
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Map of the San Jacinto Battlefield
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The Treaties of Velasco
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