Texas State History - Grade 4 - Goliad, Runaway Scrape & San Jacinto - Week 11 Full Curriculum

Teach Grade 4 Texas history through a complete five-day week built around a 6-stop Dynamic History interactive map investigation with 30 guided auto-graded tasks. Students trace Fannin's movement from Goliad to Coleto and back, compare civilian routes during the Runaway Scrape, follow Houston's army across the Brazos and toward Harrisburg, and investigate how waterways, roads, terrain, information, and timing shaped the campaign at San Jacinto.

This Week 11 resource coordinates the interactive Dynamic History module with Standard and Accessible print alternatives, a San Jacinto video-evidence lesson, a Runaway Scrape map-and-timeline investigation, and complete Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 assessments. There is no Readers Theater this week; the deeper application is an evidence-based movement, map, timeline, and cause-and-effect investigation.

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What students practice

• Movement and place: trace Fannin's retreat, return to Goliad, civilian flight, Houston's eastward movement, the Harrisburg turn, and the approach to San Jacinto.
• Map evidence: use stop-scoped points, routes, rivers, camp areas, crossings, roads, and terrain to answer questions that depend on the map.
• Civilian experience: compare named Runaway Scrape accounts and explain how rain, mud, illness, high water, crowded crossings, and family decisions affected travel.
• Strategy and information: explain why Houston retreated, paused near the Brazos, used new information, and moved toward Lynch's Ferry when an opportunity appeared.
• Geography and timing: analyze the Brazos crossing, roads toward Harrisburg, Buffalo Bayou, prairie, woods, marshy ground, Vince's Bridge, and attack timing at San Jacinto.
• Chronology and cause/effect: order events from March and April 1836 and build evidence-based chains connecting movement, decisions, and results.

The five-day week

• Day 1: Dynamic History Stops 1-3 - Fannin's movement from Goliad to Coleto and back, then civilian routes and hardships during the Runaway Scrape.
• Day 2: Dynamic History Stops 4-6 - crossing the swollen Brazos, choosing the road toward Harrisburg, and connecting terrain, access, movement, and timing at San Jacinto.
• Day 3: Texas History for Teachers: The Battle of San Jacinto video-evidence lesson with a movement tracker, map connection, and evidence-based geography-and-timing conclusion.
• Day 4: Runaway Scrape video opener plus a map-and-timeline investigation with civilian evidence, route tracing, cut-apart chronology cards, a cause-and-effect chain, and a final evidence response.
• Day 5: discussion, review, and a complete standalone Week 11 final assessment.

What's included

• Dynamic History interactive module access with 6 guided stops and 30 auto-graded tasks.
• Stop-scoped map evidence including routes, river lines, crossings, camp areas, roads, historical places, and images tied directly to student questions.
• 16-page Standard and 16-page Accessible print-module companions with equivalent learning targets.
• 31-page all-in-one Teacher Guide and Answer Key with week-at-a-glance planning, substitute-ready Days 1-5 lesson plans, Dynamic History stop guidance, differentiation, video accuracy notes, map keys, source guidance, and complete assessment keys.
• 4-page Day 3 San Jacinto Video and Movement Evidence classroom/student packet with vocabulary support, prediction, viewing tracker, route-map connection, and final evidence conclusion.
• 5-page Day 4 Runaway Scrape Map-and-Timeline Investigation classroom/student packet with vocabulary support, viewing notes, civilian evidence summaries, route-map work, 10 cut-apart timeline cards, cause-and-effect analysis, and final evidence writing.
• Day 3 assessment with 12 vocabulary terms, 8 short-answer questions, 5 challenge questions, and a 25-question multiple-choice quiz.
• Day 4 assessment with 10 vocabulary terms, 10 short-answer questions, 5 challenge questions, and a 20-question multiple-choice quiz.
• Day 5 final assessment with 10 vocabulary terms, 10 short-answer questions, 5 challenge questions, and a 25-question multiple-choice quiz.
• Printable student assessment versions and self-grading Google Forms generated from the weekly Teacher Guide through the shared classroom folder.
• Complete model answers, direct answer keys, standards alignment, discussion guidance, teacher map key, acceptable-answer guidance, and sensitive-content notes.

Google Forms note: Self-grading Google Forms are cloud-native and are provided through the shared Google folder. They do not appear inside a downloaded desktop ZIP.

Built for flexible classrooms

Use the full five-day sequence or select individual components to fit your schedule. Standard and Accessible reading paths teach the same assessed ideas, while the print modules and Day 3-4 packets provide substantial paper-based alternatives when device access is limited.

Assessment options

The Dynamic History module provides 30 guided auto-graded formative tasks across Days 1-2. Separate Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 assessments let teachers choose the mix of map analysis, video evidence, source-based writing, chronology, cause and effect, printable multiple choice, and self-grading Google Forms that fits their classroom.

Best fit

Designed for Grade 4 Texas Social Studies and aligned to Week 11 learning targets for the Texas Revolution, Goliad, the Runaway Scrape, San Jacinto, chronology, geography, movement, civilian experience, historical evidence, cause and effect, and evidence-based conclusions. Works well for whole-class instruction, small groups, independent practice, review, substitute plans, and blended print/digital classrooms.

Technology note: Dynamic History, the instructional videos, and Google-native assessment files require internet access. The Standard and Accessible print modules, Day 3 and Day 4 student packets, and printable assessment versions provide substantial offline alternatives for the week.