Alabama Social Studies SS24.5.10

SS24.5.10 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.5.10a

  Explain Alabama’s contributions to military production during World War II.

• SS24.5.10b

  Locate military installations in Alabama during World War II on a map, including Redstone Arsenal, Camp Rucker (Fort Novosel), Fort McClellan, Craig Army Air Ba...

• SS24.5.10c

  Explain how women and Black Alabamians sought and received new employment opportunities during World War II that were not previously available.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how Alabama shipyards and arsenals supported the war. They locate military sites and POW camps on an Alabama map. They describe new wartime jobs for women and Black Alabamians, along with the limits of segregation.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students place the six military sites and POW camps at Aliceville and Opelika on a blank Alabama map. They explain what Mobile shipyards built and what Redstone Arsenal produced. They give examples of new jobs for women and Black Alabamians without claiming that segregation ended.

03

Common Misconceptions

Some students think every wartime site built weapons, including airfields and POW camps. Others assume Black workers got the same jobs and pay as white workers. Students may confuse pilot training at Tuskegee with shipbuilding in Mobile.

04

How to Assess It

Have students label Redstone Arsenal, Brookley Field, Tuskegee Army Air Field, and the Aliceville POW camp on a blank Alabama map. Ask them to write one sentence about military production and one about new jobs and segregation.

1. 01

   Have pairs place eight site cards on an Alabama map marked with Huntsville, Ozark, Anniston, Selma, Mobile, Tuskegee, Aliceville, and Opelika.

2. 02

   Ask: Why did Mobile shipyards hire women and Black workers during the war, and what barriers still limited Black workers?

3. 03

   Play a timed card match: pair Mobile with shipbuilding, Huntsville with Redstone Arsenal, Tuskegee with pilot training, and Aliceville with a POW camp.

4. 04

   Show a current photo of the Port of Mobile and a wartime shipyard photo; ask which jobs appear in both.

• SS24.AS.12

  Explain the role of Alabamians in helping achieve victory in the Spanish American War, World War I, and World War II.

• SS24.AS.12b

  Describe the mobilization of Alabama industries and people on the home front during World War I and World War II.

• SS24.5.5c

  Describe the roles and contributions of Alabamians, including the 167th Infantry Regiment (4th Alabama), to the war effort during World War I.