Blood for Land
America stood in the way of Mexican expansion and Mexico stood in the way of America's "Manifest Destiny." The conflict was settle with blood flowing from both sides.
This was a relatively short unit.
Please see the General History page for more books and links.
| Resources--books | Resources--websites | Projects | Writing assignments |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | Texas and the War With Mexico by Fairfax Downey (Meredith Press, 1961) |
| The Mexican-American War by Don Nardo (Lucent, 1999; ISBN 1560064951) |
| The Mexican-American War by Kim A. O'Connell (Enslow, 2003; ISBN 0766051315) |
| The Mexican-American War by Emily Raabe (PowerKids press, 2003; ISBN 0823964973) KR |
| The Mexican-American War by Liz Sonneborn (Rosen, 2005; ISBN 1404201807) |
| The Mexican War by Carrie Nichols Cantor (A Child's World, 2003; ISBN 1567661769) KR |
| The United States in the Mexican War by Don Lawson (Abelard-Schuman, 1976; ISBN 0200001698) |
| U.S.-Mexican War by Browyn Mills (Facts on File, 2003; ISBN 0816049327) |
| War With Mexico by William Jay Jacobs (Milbrook Press,
1993; ISBN 1562943669) |
Activity Books:
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Fiction:
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Audio/visual:
| The Alamo (United Artist, 1960) starring and directed by John Wayne |
| The Alamo (Touchstone Pictures, 2004) starring Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton & Patrick Wilson |
| The Alamo (two volumes) documentary by the History Channel |
| The Alamo Documentary; A True Story of Courage copyright by Delta Entertainment |
| Davy Crocket from Disney |
Websites
| Mexican American War from History Central |
| U.S. Mexican War from PBS |
| The U.S. Mexican War from the History Guy |
| Mexican-American War from Wikipedia |
| Enough Blame to go Around: Causes of the Mexican-American War |
| The U.S. Mexican War from descendants of Mexican War Veterans |
| The Mexican War from Lone Star Internet |
| Fort Scott National Historic Site from National Park Service |
| Mexican War from the University of Texas at Austin |
| Mexican American War from usahistory |
| The Mexican-American War and the Media from Virginia Tech |
| The Mexican War from son of the south |
| The Mexican-American War from Social Studies for Kids |
| Mexican American War from Utah Education Network (lots of great links) |
| Mexican American War time line from America at War Network |
| Mexican-American War from US Department of State |
| The Mexican-American War from Northern Illinois University |
| Mexican-American War maps from University of Alabama |
| The Mexican War from Latin American Studies |
| Mexican American War from San Diego University |
| Texas History.com |
| Map of War 1846-57 from University of Texas |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna from PBS |
| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo from the Library of Congress |
| The US-Mexican War
from the Descendants of Mexican War Veterans |
Projects
This was a very short unit so we didn't have any major projects.
Writing assignments
| Put yourself at The Alamo as a fly on the wall or a Texan fighting. |
| Write a journal from a Texan perspective of the 13 day siege on The Alamo. |
Completed March 2006
Last update: November, 2006
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