Battle of San Jacinto Teacher Resources

Remember the Alamo!

After a brief 18-minute battle at San Jacinto swayed the victory of the Texas Revolution to General Sam Houston and his Texian Army in April 1836, Texan independence seemed imminent. General Santa Anna, the defeated leader of the Mexican army, signed the peace treaty that paved the way for the Republic of Texas to separate from Mexico—only to be annexed by the United States nine years later.

Focus on this pivotal conflict of the Texas Revolution with our high-quality social studies resources, including an overview presentation on the revolution and an engaging activity that details the Battle of the Alamo. Next, show an informative video on the annexation of Texas, followed by a unit on the Mexican-American War.

Want to connect the content to language arts? Check out a series of lessons on the media’s influence during the Mexican-American War, which discusses how the war effort was affected by mass circulation of newspapers.