The Mexican American War PDF - Denver Public Schools

The Mexican-American War
What will be done to help students learn this
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Group reading
Group discussion
PRELIMINARY LESSON PREPARATION
Make sure to have either butcher paper or assign the students to buy poster board for the
completion of this assignment.
ACTIVITIES
Students need to review the facts of the final battles of the war, by rereading the battle
summaries from Lesson 3 for the following battles: Contreras, Churubusco, El Molino del Rey,
Chapultepec and Mexico City.
Students may use classroom, Internet, or IMC resources to look up additional facts regarding
these battles.
Students will work in groups of two to create a historical storyboard of the locations of the
battles and the military movements toward Mexico City. This historical storyboard should be
created on poster board or butcher paper. Each battle location and relevant cities should be
represented. Each location should include the name of the battle and a brief (3-4 sentences)
summary of how the battle transpired. The summary should include the location of the battle,
the date(s) of the battle and the outcome, as well as any other relevant or intriguing facts.
If possible, students should include geographical features that could have been a burden or
hindrance to either side during the battles.
When students have completed their historical storyboard they are to present them to the class.
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Butcher paper
Poster board
Markers
Colored pencils
Classroom history text
Internet
Resource books on Mexican-American War
Battle summary worksheets (from Lesson 3) for the battles of Contreras, Churubusco,
El Molino del Rey, Chapultepec and Mexico City.
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