Alabama Social Studies SS24.2.13a
The Standard
- SS24.2.13
- Explain how national historical figures and celebrations relate to fundamental democratic principles.
Research and explain the importance of individual founders and significant figures who shaped the nation.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use short biographies and pictures to learn about people who helped shape the United States. They tell what each person did and why it mattered.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that George Washington was the first president and helped show how that job could work. They can explain that Harriet Tubman helped enslaved people escape and point to a detail in a biography that supports their answer.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call every famous person from the past a founder. They may name a person's job or an event in their life without explaining how that person affected others.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short biography of Harriet Tubman. Ask: What did she do, why did it matter, and which sentence helped you answer?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs portrait cards, short biographies, and action cards to match for George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Harriet Tubman.
Ask students to write two sentences: What did Harriet Tubman do? How did her actions help other people?
Play a matching game with figure, action, and impact cards; have students explain one complete match.
Show a dollar bill and read a short George Washington biography; ask why people might have chosen his portrait for it.
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