Alabama Social Studies SS24.2.12

Social Studies2nd GradeHistory

The Standard

Describe historical events and celebrations within the state and nation using primary and secondary sources.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use photos, flyers, and short history passages to describe an Alabama event and a national celebration. They tell which sources came from the time and which were made later.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student uses a 1955 photo to describe Montgomery residents walking during the bus boycott. They use a King Day flyer to describe a celebration and identify a later history paragraph as a secondary source.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call an old-looking drawing a primary source even if it was made years later. They may think a current parade shows exactly how people celebrated in the past.
How to Assess It: Hand out a 1955 photo of Montgomery residents walking, a three-sentence history summary, and an Alabama King Day parade flyer. Ask students to name one boycott detail, one holiday activity, and which source is secondary.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a 1955 boycott photo, a King Day parade flyer, and a later history paragraph to sort into primary and secondary sources.
Show a 1955 boycott photo and ask, "What does this show, and what do we need the history paragraph to explain?"
Play source match: students pair a walking photo with "people walked" and a later account with "people protested segregated buses."
Show an Alabama King Day event flyer and a U.S. holiday calendar; students write how the local event marks a national holiday.

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