Alabama Social Studies SS24.3.3a
The Standard
- SS24.3.3
- Research and share information on the development of the state and national park systems and the benefits parks provide.
Locate state and national parks within Alabama and explain their historical and economic significance.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find Cheaha State Park and Horseshoe Bend National Military Park on an Alabama map. They explain why each place matters to Alabama's past and how visitors support nearby jobs and businesses.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student marks Cheaha near Delta and Horseshoe Bend near Dadeville. They connect Cheaha's 1930s construction and Horseshoe Bend's 1814 battle to history, then name a business that park visitors might use.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a national military park is a state park. They may describe scenery as a historical fact or overlook the money visitors spend at nearby restaurants and stores.
How to Assess It
- Give students a blank Alabama map. Ask them to label both parks, write one historical fact about each, and name one way visitors spend money nearby.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs an Alabama map and two site cards; have them place labeled stickers near Delta and Dadeville.
Ask: 'How did the 1930s construction at Cheaha and the 1814 battle at Horseshoe Bend shape what visitors see today?'
Play a card match with park names, map locations, history facts, and examples of visitor spending.
Show a sample Dadeville diner receipt and ask how visitors to Horseshoe Bend could affect the diner's sales.
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Related Standards
- SS24.AS.1
Identify the location of Alabama’s major geographic regions and describe the characteristics that distinguish them from each other.
- SS24.AS.21a
Describe ways in which Alabama’s geography contributes to the state’s present-day tourism industry.
- SS24.AS.17
Explain the contributions of civil rights tourism to Alabama’s modern-day economy.
- SS24.2.6
Explain how Alabama’s natural resources are utilized in its economy.
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