2. Steve Helmeci Period 2

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

4.  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

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17.  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

18.  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