Alabama Social Studies SS24.5.16
The Standard
Research and report on Alabama’s economic contributions and participation in global markets from the mid-twentieth through twenty-first centuries.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students research Alabama industries from the 1950s to today. They explain what Alabama made and how goods or parts moved between the state and other countries. They report their findings with dates and source details.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can place 1950s Birmingham steel production and current coal exports through Mobile on a timeline. They can explain how the Montgomery Hyundai plant connects Alabama workers to parts from other countries. They name a source for each example.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call a sale to another state an export to another country. They may assume every part of a car assembled in Montgomery was made in Alabama.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Using the dated fact cards, name one Alabama industry from the 1950s and one product Alabama exports today. Give a date, a source detail, and the country involved in the export.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups a blank world map and dated fact cards on Mobile coal exports and Montgomery car parts; have them draw and label trade routes.
Ask, “Is a car assembled in Montgomery made entirely in Alabama?” Students use a parts-source card to write a two-sentence answer.
Sort dated cards on Birmingham steel, Mobile coal exports, and Montgomery car assembly into a timeline; label each card’s trade connection.
Show a sample Hyundai window sticker listing Montgomery as the assembly site; students trace a possible delivery route to a Canadian buyer.
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