ON YOUR OWN

Watch this movie on the Mexican-American War and take the quizzes.

Complete this activity on the Mexican American War. Use the sign-in code that Mr. Ferlazzo writes on the board.

Complete this Mexican-American War cloze.

Watch this animation about the war. Be sure to click on the bottom left-hand corner to see the words when they're spoken.

Complete this cloze on "Manifest Destiny."

Look at the map and watch the video about the war.

Here's another video about the war.

Complete this Make and Break about the Mexican-American War.

Learn more about the Mexican-American War.

Explore The Mexican-American War.

See if you can name the states that existed before the Mexican-American War

Complete this Webquest on the Mexican American War

SPANISH-LANGUAGE PREVIEW:

Videos

ON YOUR OWN

Complete this cloze on the Alamo.

Watch this movie on Independence For Texas.

Watch this movie on Texas Independence.

Learn about Westward Expansion.

Watch this Smithsonian video about the Alamo.

PBS Video on the Alamo.

How Stuff Works video on the Alamo.

PBS Alamo interactive

All the defenders of the Alamo chose to die instead of surrendering. Do you think there might be times that you would rather die than give-up and live? What might those times be, and why do you think you would choose to die instead?

WITH A PARTNER:

Try taking this test about Texas.