The Road to Independence
H CHAPTER SIX H THE ROAD TO IndEPEndENCE Overview Chapter 6: The Road to Independence encompasses the will investigate Texans’ decision to declare independence main battles of the Texas Revolution interpreted in the and fight against the Mexican government, the causes story of Texas independence: Gonzales, the Alamo, and outcomes of battles during the Revolution, and the Goliad and San Jacinto. The exhibits in this chapter flight of settlers from their homes during the Runaway represent 1835 and 1836 — the Texas Revolution for Scrape. Finally, students will analyze the events that independence from Mexico. During their visit, students ended the Texas Revolution. H THE STORY OF TEXAS EDUCATOR GUIDE H CHAPtEr sIx: THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE Student Objectives TEKS H Explore how people communicated in the 1820s by (tEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWlEdGE AND sKILLS) simulating the delivery of messages between towns. § 113.15. Social Studies, Grade 4 History 4.3A, 4.3B H Compare armaments, equipment, motivation, and Government 4.15A determination to explore how a smaller, less organized Citizenship 4.16A Texian army could defeat a larger, more organized Social Studies Skills 4.21A, 4.21B, 4.21C, 4.21D Mexican army. Social Studies Skills 4.22A, 4.22C, 4.22D H Observe and record information and ideas from exhibits to determine the causes and outcomes of the § 113.19. Social Studies, Grade 7 battles during the Texas Revolution. History 7.2D, 7.2E, 7.2F H Investigate and record why settlers left their homes History 7.3B, 7.3C during the Runaway Scrape. Geography 11.A Social Studies Skills 7.21A, 7.21B, 7.21C, 7.21D, 7.21E H Determine and explain the government outlined by the Social Studies Skills 7.22A, 7.22D Texas Constitution in 1836.
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