Alabama Social Studies SS24.5.8b
The Standard
- SS24.5.8
- Analyze how the government-funded New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt impacted American society.
Identify and describe New Deal projects that helped bring relief to Alabama.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students name New Deal projects in Alabama, such as work at Cheaha State Park and Wheeler Dam. They describe what workers built and how the projects helped people during the Depression.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can locate Cheaha State Park and Wheeler Dam on an Alabama map. They can explain that park construction paid workers, while the dam created jobs and supplied electricity.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the New Deal was a single project. They may say parks offered only recreation and dams offered only power, missing the jobs created during construction.
How to Assess It
- Ask on an exit ticket: “Name one New Deal project in Alabama. What was built, and how did it help people?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs an Alabama outline map and photo cards; have them mark Cheaha State Park and Wheeler Dam and label how each helped people.
Ask, “How could building a park help an Alabama family during the Depression?” Have students write about construction wages and later park use.
Play a card match using Cheaha State Park and Wheeler Dam photos, project names, and benefit cards for jobs, recreation, and electricity.
Show a sample electricity bill and a Wheeler Dam photo; ask how building the dam could affect a family’s access to power.
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Related Standards
- SS24.AS.22
Analyze the influence of federal spending on the growth of Alabama’s economy from the New Deal to the present.
- SS24.US2.5a
Describe the effects of New Deal programs on Alabama, outlining the problems they sought to address.
- SS24.5.8a
Identify the contributions of reformers during the New Deal, including Alabama political and civic leaders.
- SS24.4.15d
Recount the contributions of Alabamians who helped shape their state during Reconstruction.
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