Alabama Social Studies SS24.1.13
The Standard
Utilize primary sources to compare and contrast conditions in their community and state over time.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use dated photos to look at their community and a place in Alabama long ago and now. They name what changed and what stayed the same, using details they can see.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can pair an older photo with a recent photo of the same place. They can point to a change and something that stayed the same in both a local street and the Alabama Capitol.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think every black-and-white photo is old, even when its date says otherwise. They may mistake a different camera angle for a changed building, or assume one photo shows what all of Alabama was like.
How to Assess It
- Show older and recent photos of a local street and the Alabama Capitol. Ask students to circle one change and one thing that stayed the same in each pair.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs photo sleeves and markers to circle matching buildings and changed vehicles in dated photos of a local street and the Alabama Capitol.
Ask: What changed near the Capitol, and what stayed the same? Have students point to a detail in each photo.
Play photo match with dated and recent pictures of the local street and Capitol; students pair each place and name a visible change.
Find the local street on a map, then compare a dated library photo with a current street-view image of that spot.
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Related Standards
- SS24.2.12
Describe historical events and celebrations within the state and nation using primary and secondary sources.
- SS24.1.12
Utilize primary sources to examine the significance of individuals, cultures, celebrations, and historical events within the community and state.
- SS24.K.11a
Compare daily life in homes, schools, and communities of the past and present using primary sources.
- SS24.HS.4
Locate and utilize a variety of primary sources related to the selected historical subject.
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