1 / 12

Warm up

What is a massacre? -the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty Can you give an example of a massacre in history? -Fort Hood Massacre November 5, 2009

jon
Télécharger la présentation

Warm up

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. What is a massacre? -the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty Can you give an example of a massacre in history? -Fort Hood Massacre November 5, 2009 A Major in the U.S. Army, killed 12 soldiers and one civilian, and wounded at least 30 on the base at Ft. Hood. What was your reaction when you read or heard about it? Sadness Anger Fear Warm up

  2. The student will analyze the Goliad Massacre and discuss the impact it had on the Texas Revolution by reading primary source documents and answering questions. Objective

  3. The Goliad Massacre On March 27, 1836, over three hundred Texan prisoners, most of them captured a few days before while battling the Mexican army near Coleto Creek, were executed by Mexican forces . -What events lead to the capture of these Texas soldiers? -Why would someone order the execution of unarmed men? -Why didn’t the Texas prisoners try to fight back or run from their executioners? -What was the lasting impact of the events that took place on March 27,1836?

  4. Use the clues to solve the case Goliad

  5. 2. Who did Santa Anna put in command of the Mexican army near Goliad? What order did Colonel James Fannin disobey that would later prove costly to the Texas army at Goliad? Give a brief description of what happened at the Battle of Coleto Creek. Document #1The Battle of Coleto Creek Report

  6. Who ordered the execution of Colonel James Fannin and his men at Goliad? Why? What did General Urrea want to do with Colonel James Fannin and his men? Who carried out the orders to execute Colonel James Fannin and his men? Why? Document #2Extract from the Diary of Colonel Nicolásde la Portilla

  7. Where did Von Ehrenburg think the Mexican soldiers were taking him and his fellow Texas prisoners? At what point did Von Ehrenburg realize something unusual was going on? Document #3Survivors Accounts of the Goliad Massacreby Von H. Ehrenberg & Joseph H. Spohn

  8. What did Von Ehrenburg find unusual about the soldiers appearance? In other words, what were they missing that they might need if they were escorting the Texans to a place of imprisonment? What is Von Ehrenburg describing in the following quote? “the sound of musketry echoed across the prairie” How did Von Ehrenburg escape?

  9. What were Colonel James Fannin’sfinal two requests before he was executed? What did Colonel James Fannin exchange with the Mexican commander in exchange for his final requests? Why do you think the Mexican commander disobeyed James Fannin’s final request?

  10. *What events lead to the capture of these Texas soldiers? *Why would someone order the execution of unarmed men? *Why didn’t the Texas prisoners try to fight back or run from their executioners? *What was the lasting impact of the events that took place on March 27,1836?(How did the events that took place at the Goliad Massacre make you feel and how do you think other Texans responded to the news?)

  11. Remember Goliad March 27, 1836

More Related