Alabama Social Studies SS24.2.6
The Standard
Explain how Alabama’s natural resources are utilized in its economy.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students name natural resources found in Alabama, such as trees, rivers, and coal. They explain how people use those resources to make products, supply power, and do jobs.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can trace an Alabama pine tree to lumber used in a house and name a job involved. They can explain that a dam on a river can make electricity.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call paper a natural resource instead of a product made from trees. They may think rivers make electricity on their own, without a dam.
How to Assess It
- Show a picture of an Alabama pine forest. Ask students to name the resource, one product made from it, and one job it supports.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Pass around a pinecone, a wooden block, and a sheet of paper; have students sort the natural resource from the products.
Ask partners: 'What jobs help turn an Alabama pine tree into a board for a house?'
Play a card match with Alabama forests, rivers, and coal paired with lumber, dam electricity, and coal power.
Have students find a wooden classroom item and sketch how an Alabama tree could become that item.
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