Alabama Social Studies SS24.5.10b
The Standard
- SS24.5.10
- Describe how Alabamians contributed to the war effort during World War II.
Locate military installations in Alabama during World War II on a map, including Redstone Arsenal, Camp Rucker (Fort Novosel), Fort McClellan, Craig Army Air Base, Brookley Field, Tuskegee Army Air Field, and major POW camps in Alabama.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use a state map to match wartime sites with Alabama towns. They mark each location and use a key to tell bases, airfields, and POW camps apart.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student places all six military sites and at least two POW camps near the correct towns. They can point to each site and name its nearby town.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may put Camp Rucker and Fort Novosel at separate locations, though both names refer to the same post. They may swap Craig near Selma with the airfield near Tuskegee.
How to Assess It
- Give students an Alabama map with dots for Huntsville, Enterprise, Anniston, Selma, Mobile, Tuskegee, Aliceville, and Opelika. Have them label each dot with its wartime site and circle the two POW camps.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Pairs place eight site cards on an Alabama map marked with Huntsville, Enterprise, Anniston, Selma, Mobile, Tuskegee, Aliceville, and Opelika.
Ask: How would you describe the location of Tuskegee Army Air Field to someone who knows where Montgomery is?
Play map match: read a site card aloud while students point to its town on their own Alabama maps.
Use a current road map to plot a drive from Mobile to Huntsville, stopping near Brookley Field and Redstone Arsenal.
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