Alabama Social Studies SS24.2.9

SS24.2.9 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.2.9a

  Describe regions of the state and nation, using vocabulary associated with geographical features of Earth, including bay, hill, island, mountain range, peninsul...

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What Students Need to Do

Students name landforms and water features in pictures and on maps. They describe how the land and water in Alabama and other U.S. regions differ.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can identify a bay, hill, island, mountain range, peninsula, plateau, and valley. They can compare two regions using those words, such as describing a bay on the Gulf Coast and mountains in the Appalachians.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may call any high land a mountain, even when it is a plateau with a broad, flat top. They may confuse a bay, where water reaches into land, with a peninsula, where land extends into water.

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How to Assess It

Show photos of Mobile Bay and the Appalachian Mountains. Ask students to name the feature in each photo and write one way the regions differ.

1. 01

   Use clay and blue paper to build a bay, island, peninsula, hill, valley, plateau, and mountain range; label each.

2. 02

   Show photos of Mobile Bay and the Appalachian Mountains, then ask students to write two differences they notice.

3. 03

   Play landform bingo with picture cards; give clues such as 'high, flat land' for plateau.

4. 04

   Trace a route from Alabama's Gulf Coast to the Appalachian Mountains on a map, naming landforms a traveler would pass.

• SS24.K.8

  Identify landforms and bodies of water on maps, globes, and satellite and digital images.

• SS24.AS.1

  Identify the location of Alabama’s major geographic regions and describe the characteristics that distinguish them from each other.

• SS24.1.9

  Differentiate among landforms, bodies of water, and other physical features on maps, globes, and satellite and digital images.