Today’s Walking Classroom focuses on a brave frontiersman, politician, and soldier, Davy Crockett. He enjoyed exploring the unsettled lands of our then young and wild country. As a politician, Davy Crockett fought for the rights of the common people to own their own land. He inspired Americans by dying for a cause he believed in –Texas’ independence from Mexico during the Battle of the Alamo.
Character Value: Determination
Click for Standards Alignment
Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RH.6-8.4
Supplemental Resource Links and Downloads
Quiz: (Make sure you're already logged into your Gmail account, then click to copy this Google form to your Google Drive. Quiz keys are here.)
Davy Crockett Google Quiz
Slide Deck:
Davy Crockett Slide Deck
Describes the “king of the wild frontier” in “Ballad of Davy Crockett.”
Test knowledge of Davy Crockett with this word search.
Test knowledge of the life of Davy Crockett with this quiz from People Quiz.
Read “Men of Destiny” and determine the differences between fact and opinion in this k5learning.com activity.
See More Podcasts in Subject Area: Social Studies
See More Themed Groupings that Contain this Podcast: Biographies, Historical Figures, Westward Ho