Fourth Grade: Texas Heroes

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Fourth Grade: Texas Heroes Internet Scavenger Hunt

Go to: http://www.lsjunction.com/

Hint: Bold faced words are where you need to click. Type your answers in the grey boxes.

A. Click on “Songs of Texas” List three songs that are “Uniquely Texas.”

B. Click the “Back” button. Find “The Archives.” Choose “People.” Use the list of people to follow the following questions.

1. When were the following people born, and when did they die? Stephen F. Austin

Susana Dickinson

Davy Crockett

2. Click on “Mirabeau B. Lamar.” Tell me one interesting fact you read.

3. Summarize the last paragraph of “James Bowie.”

4. On Sam Houston and his forces defeated Santa Anna and secured Texas long sought independence.

5. What did Sam Houston do after the victory at the Battle of San Jacinto?

6. William Barrett Travis will always be remembered as the Texas commander at:

7. How did William Wallace get his nickname “Bigfoot?”

C. Back on the Homepage, answer the following…

8. State Bird

9. State Flower

10. State Tree

11. State Song

12. State Insect

13. State Gemstone

D. Go to “The Archives” and click on “Events.”

14. What happened on 3 January 1823?

15. On what date did The Battle of Velasco result in the first casualties in Texas' relations with Mexico?

16. When was the Texas Declaration of Independence signed?

17. What happened December 29, 1945?

E. Click “Back.” Under “The Archives” click on “Places.”

18. Name 3 major settlements in Texas that date from the time of the Republic.

F. Tell me other interesting facts you learned while doing this Internet Hunt.