Alabama Social Studies SS24.4.16a
The Standard
- SS24.4.16
- Describe how political and social changes of the late 1870s to 1900 affected Black and white Alabamians, including the introduction of Jim Crow laws, sharecropping, voting restrictions, and violence.
Describe how industry, trade, farming, and the rise of Populism changed Alabama after the Civil War and shaped its economy and communities in the late 1800s.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how factories, railroads, ports, and cotton farms changed work and trade in Alabama after the Civil War. They connect farmers' debt and shipping costs to support for Populism.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given an Alabama map, a student can explain why coal and iron helped Birmingham grow and why Mobile's port mattered for trade. They can describe why a cotton farmer in debt might support the Populists.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think factories replaced cotton farming across Alabama. They may assume all farmers owned their land, or that railroads helped farmers without charging them to ship crops.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: In two sentences, explain how Birmingham's iron industry and rail trade changed Alabama, then why a cotton farmer in debt might support Populists.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
On a printed 1890s Alabama railroad map, pairs place cotton, coal, and iron cards and trace routes to Birmingham or Mobile.
Ask: Why might a cotton farmer who owes money for supplies support Populists calling for lower railroad shipping costs?
Match four card pairs: coal and iron to Birmingham jobs, railroads to Mobile trade, cotton loans to debt, and farmer anger to Populist meetings.
Have students sketch a grocery item's trip by truck to a local store, then compare it with cotton shipped by rail to Mobile.
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