Alabama Social Studies SS24.AS.10

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Conflict

The Standard

Develop an argument regarding the impact of the Creek Wars and Native American removal on the settlement of Alabama.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students make an argument about how the Creek Wars and later forced removals changed settlement in Alabama. They use dated evidence and explain effects on Native communities and incoming settlers.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can use a land cession map and a removal map to support a clear claim. They distinguish the 1814 Creek land cession from removals in the 1830s and explain how both opened land for white settlement.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat the 1814 land cession and the 1830s removals as one event. They may assume Native people left willingly or that no settlers lived in Alabama before removal.
How to Assess It: Show an 1814 land cession map and a map of 1830s removal routes. Ask: 'How did each event affect settlement in Alabama? Use one detail from each map and name one effect on Native people.'

Lesson moves

Give pairs an Alabama outline map; have them shade 1814 Creek land cessions and trace 1830s removal routes using two historical maps.
Ask: 'Did Alabama's growth depend on taking Native land?' Write a claim using evidence from the Fort Jackson treaty and a removal map.
Pairs race to order cards for the 1814 cession, 1819 statehood, 1830 Removal Act, 1832 Cusseta treaty, and 1836 Creek removal.
Look up your Alabama county's founding date, then compare it with a land cession map to ask who lived there before.

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