Alabama Social Studies SS24.AS.12

SS24.AS.12 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.AS.12a

  Summarize the legacy of Alabama-based military units, their performance, and their contributions to battle, including the 167th Infantry Regiment and the Tuskeg...

• SS24.AS.12b

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

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how Alabamians helped in three wars through military service and work at home. They describe what the 167th Infantry Regiment and the Tuskegee Airmen did, and how Alabama workers supplied the world wars.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student explains that Alabama volunteers mobilized in 1898 without claiming they all fought overseas. They describe the 167th fighting in France and Tuskegee pilots escorting bombers. They connect Birmingham steel to World War I supplies and Mobile shipbuilding to World War II.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may put the 167th or the Tuskegee Airmen in the wrong war, or assume Alabama volunteers fought in Cuba in 1898. They may also overlook the segregation Black pilots faced or count shipyard work as combat service.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Make a three-row chart with one Alabama contribution for each war. Add a sentence about each military unit and name one Alabama industry that supplied each world war.

1. 01

   Give pairs Alabama and world maps plus source cards; have them plot 1898 volunteers, the 167th, Tuskegee pilots, Birmingham steel, and Mobile shipyards.

2. 02

   Ask: Did military service or home-front work contribute more to Alabama's wartime role? Use one unit and one industry as evidence.

3. 03

   Play a card sort matching 1898 volunteers, the 167th, Tuskegee pilots, Birmingham steel, and Mobile shipyards to wars and roles.

4. 04

   Compare a current map of Mobile's port with a World War II shipyard photo; identify how waterfront jobs supported ships then and now.

• SS24.5.10

  Describe how Alabamians contributed to the war effort during 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.

• SS24.5.14a

  Explain reasons for the United States’ involvement in the Korean War and Vietnam War and describe the involvement of Alabamians in these conflicts.