Alabama Social Studies SS24.2.14

SS24.2.14 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.2.14a

  Describe the experiences of groups that have migrated to and within the United States throughout history.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use maps and short accounts to tell where groups moved, how they traveled, and why they left. They describe what happened during or after the move. They tell the difference between choosing to move and being forced to leave.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can trace an Irish family's ship trip to the U.S. and a Black family's train trip north. They can explain why each family left and name a challenge each faced. They know Cherokee families were forced from their land.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think everyone moved by choice or only to find work. They may think these moves happened at the same time. They may also assume that reaching a new place ended unfair treatment.

04

How to Assess It

Give students two cards: 'Irish families sailed to the U.S. to escape hunger and faced crowded housing' and 'Black families rode trains north for jobs and faced unfair treatment.' Ask them to name why and how each group moved, plus one challenge each faced.

1. 01

   Give pairs a world map with a U.S. inset and three short story cards; trace Irish, Black, and Cherokee routes with colored yarn.

2. 02

   Read a short account of a Cherokee family forced from home, then ask, 'How was their move different from a move they chose?'

3. 03

   Play a card sort: match Irish, Black, and Cherokee story cards to hunger, unfair laws, or forced removal, then ship, train, or walking.

4. 04

   Show a local bus map beside a historic train route north, and ask what each map shows about travel and what it cannot show.

• SS24.US1.5d

  Analyze reasons for migration via the western trails and the consequences of the rapid settlement of California, Oregon, Texas, and Utah on those migrating, tho...

• SS24.HG.9b

  Explain the causes and consequences of migration within the United States, citing historical examples.

• SS24.HG.9a

  Explain the causes and effects of the migration of various ethnic groups to the United States.