Alabama Social Studies SS24.4.14

SS24.4.14 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.4.14a

  Identify Alabama’s economic and military contributions to the Civil War, including weapons manufacturing, soldiers, and the use of and resistance to conscripted...

• SS24.4.14b

  Locate and describe the impact of significant Civil War battles, including those affecting Alabama, and identify the location of Confederate states, states rema...

• SS24.4.14c

  Describe how the Civil War affected the people of Alabama, including the end of slavery, destruction of transportation systems, collapse of the economy, and the...

• SS24.4.14d

  Summarize events that marked the conclusion of the Civil War, including the assassination of President Lincoln, the surrender of Confederate armies, the spread ...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use maps and short accounts to explain how leaders, battles, and Alabama's soldiers and weapons shaped the Union victory. They locate Union and Confederate states, Washington, Montgomery, Richmond, and key battle sites. They describe forced labor and resistance, women's work at home, and changes after surrender and emancipation.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student explains how Grant's campaigns and Union victories at Mobile Bay and Selma weakened the Confederacy. They describe Alabama's weapons production, forced labor and resistance, and how damaged railroads hurt families and the economy. They place Lincoln's assassination after Appomattox and explain why emancipation news and celebrations, including Juneteenth, continued afterward.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think the Emancipation Proclamation freed everyone in Alabama as soon as Lincoln issued it. They may think Montgomery and Richmond were Confederate capitals at the same time, or overlook enslaved people's resistance to forced work. They may think one surrender ended all fighting.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a blank map and ask them to label Washington, Montgomery, Richmond, Mobile Bay, one Union state, and one Confederate state. Have them write one sentence explaining how the Union victory at Mobile Bay affected Confederate supplies.

1. 01

   Use string on an Alabama map to connect Selma's weapons factories to Confederate troops, then cut a rail route and discuss the supply problem.

2. 02

   Give students a pretend 1865 Alabama shopping list and ask how scarce money and damaged railroads changed women's work at home.

3. 03

   Match Lincoln, Grant, Mobile Bay, Selma, and Appomattox cards to outcome cards, then explain one match to a partner.

4. 04

   Show a local Juneteenth event flyer and ask students to connect one part of the event to the spread of emancipation.

• SS24.US1.12

  Explain the progression of the Civil War, analyzing the events and the decisions by key figures that led to United States victory and the abolition of slavery.

• SS24.US1.1d

  Evaluate the contributions of colonial leaders, including George Washington; military strategy; and the support of foreign nations to significant victories in t...

• SS24.US1.12a

  Compare the military strategy, leadership, and resources of the United States and the Confederate States of America, and evaluate how these factors shaped the o...

• SS24.6.9a

  Evaluate the political and military contributions to the American Revolution of Founding Fathers, including their efforts to mobilize support, develop military ...