Alabama Social Studies SS24.1.12a
The Standard
- SS24.1.12
- Utilize primary sources to examine the significance of individuals, cultures, celebrations, and historical events within the community and state.
Summarize historical events that have shaped the community and state.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students tell what happened during an event in Alabama and an event in their community. They explain what changed afterward and who was affected.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can retell the Montgomery bus boycott in order and say it helped end rules separating bus riders by race. They can name a local event, such as their school's opening, and tell how it affected families.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may tell what happened without explaining what changed. They may think one person alone changed the bus rules, or that the change happened everywhere at once.
How to Assess It
- Show a photo of people walking during the Montgomery bus boycott. Ask students to finish: 'People stopped riding buses because ___. After the boycott, ___.'
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs three picture cards showing segregated buses, people walking during the boycott, and riders sitting together; have them order and label the cards.
Ask, 'Why did Montgomery families walk instead of ride buses, and what changed when the boycott ended?'
Have students match event cards for the bus boycott and their school's opening with cards showing changes each brought.
Ask your principal when the school opened, then have students draw one way its opening changed the neighborhood.
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Related Standards
- SS24.1.12b
Identify and describe the contributions of significant individuals associated with the community and state in the past and the present.
- SS24.1.12c
Identify festivals and observances celebrated in the community and state, and describe their historical origins.
- SS24.2.12
Describe historical events and celebrations within the state and nation using primary and secondary sources.
- SS24.1.12d
Identify sites of historical importance in the community and describe their significance.
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