Alabama Social Studies SS24.4.4

SS24.4.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.4.4a

  Describe the contributions of key individuals who established and developed early American colonies.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how different groups helped colonial communities grow through farming, trade, skilled work, and other labor. They describe the roles of women, children, landowners, Indigenous peoples, enslaved people, and indentured servants. They connect a named founder to a colony and a specific action.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain how farmers grew food, artisans made goods, and Indigenous peoples traded with settlers or shared farming knowledge. They can distinguish an indentured servant's contract from the forced, lifelong labor of an enslaved person. They can explain that William Penn founded Pennsylvania and welcomed settlers from different religious groups.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think enslaved people were paid workers or that indentured servants were enslaved for life. They may assume Indigenous peoples were colonists or that all Indigenous communities helped settlers willingly. They may credit landowners alone for plantation crops and overlook the people who did the work.

04

How to Assess It

On an exit slip, ask: How did an artisan and an enslaved person contribute to a colony, and how were their work conditions different? Name one way William Penn shaped Pennsylvania.

1. 01

   Give pairs picture cards of crops, tools, and traded goods; have them build a labeled map showing who produced or exchanged each item.

2. 02

   Read a short passage about William Penn, then ask students to write one way his choices shaped Pennsylvania.

3. 03

   Play a card match with group names and contributions, including indentured servants' contracts and the forced labor of enslaved people.

4. 04

   Show a local bakery's bread bag; trace the farmer, baker, and seller, then compare those jobs with colonial roles.

• SS24.US1.1e

  Compare and contrast the contributions of different groups in colonial America to the War for Independence and the effects of the war on members of these groups...

• SS24.6.4c

  Identify individuals in colonial America who sought change for their communities, and describe how their efforts led to shifts in society.

• SS24.4.6a

  Summarize the contributions of different groups and individuals to the American Revolution.