Alabama Social Studies SS24.AS.12b

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Conflict

The Standard

SS24.AS.12: Explain the role of Alabamians in helping achieve victory in the Spanish American War, World War I, and World War II.

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

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Conflict

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Compare how Alabama workplaces and residents supported World War I and World War II. Use named examples of factories, shipyards, training camps, and work at home.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can explain how Birmingham steel supported wartime production and how Mobile shipyards built ships during World War II. They can describe what workers and families did, then explain how segregation limited opportunities for Black Alabamians.
Common Misconceptions: Students may place Mobile's large shipbuilding boom in World War I instead of World War II. Some think only soldiers contributed, or assume war jobs were open equally to Black and white workers.
How to Assess It: On an exit ticket, ask: Name one Alabama workplace or training site used in each war. What did people do at each site?

Lesson moves

Have pairs place four labeled cards on an Alabama map: World War I Birmingham steel and Camp Sheridan, World War II Mobile shipyards and Tuskegee flight training.
Show a Mobile shipyard worker photo and a Tuskegee Airmen training photo. Ask: What work do you see, and who faced barriers to these jobs?
Run a matching game: pair Camp Sheridan with troop training, Birmingham steel with war materials, and Mobile shipyards with Liberty ships.
Use a current Alabama map to locate Mobile's port, Birmingham's steel district, and Tuskegee. Ask why each location suited its wartime work.

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