History - Battle of the Alamo

The Battle of the Alamo began on February 23,1836. This worksheet on the siege at the Alamo is in newspaper style format for you to create you own headlines for this important event.

The Alamo (formally: San Antonio de Valero Mission) is the name (from the Spanish word álamo, meaning cottonwood trees) of former mission and fortress compound, now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The compound, which originally comprised a church and surrounding buildings, was built by the Spanish Empire in the 18th century for the education of local Native Americans after their conversion to Christianity. After its later abandonment as a mission, it was used as a fortress in the 19th century and was the scene of several military actions, including most notably the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, one of the pivotal battles between the forces of the Republic of Texas and Mexico during the Texas Revolution.
 

More Activities

• Research Battle of the Alamo and write about him. Use the worksheet here.
   
• Read a book on Battle of the Alamo or Texas.
   
• Add Battle of the Alamo to your timeline.
   
• Color and label a map of Texas and Mexico.
   
• Make a poster on the lawmen of the West.
   
• Make a salt dough map of Texas.
   
• Have Mexican food for dinner.
   
• Check out our Texas worksheet and symbols page.
   
• Color a picture of the state bird and flower.

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NOTE: Biographical information provided on this page is from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, Wikipedia or other sources in the public domain. Activities, worksheets and other portions of the article are copyright Belinda J. Mooney
 

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Belinda J. Mooney is a veteran homeschool mom of 7. She loves incorporating all types of learning from cooking to crafts into her children's learning. Her kids, ages 25 down to 7, can often be seen wearing togas (or other strange clothing) to dinner, doing school outside or leaping fences to get a picture of a strange bug. Her husband has threatened to eat the science projects.