Alabama Social Studies SS24.AS.15b
The Standard
- SS24.AS.15
- Evaluate the extent to which civil rights reformers in Alabama at the turn of the twentieth century successfully challenged the emergence of the Jim Crow South.
Explain the role of individuals and communities in helping to expand educational and entrepreneurial opportunities for Black Alabamians at the turn of the twentieth century.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Civil Rights
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how Lewis Adams, Booker T. Washington, and Black residents helped build Tuskegee Institute. They trace how teacher training, trade courses, and George Washington Carver's farm advice opened paths to work and business despite Jim Crow barriers.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can describe Adams's push for state funding, Washington's leadership at Tuskegee, and Carver's work with farmers. They can use a source detail to explain how one of those efforts helped Black Alabamians teach, practice a trade, or improve farm income.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may credit Washington alone for Tuskegee and overlook Adams and local Black supporters. Some think Carver only worked with peanuts. His farm advice also covered soil care and other crops.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: How did Lewis Adams help create Tuskegee, and how could Carver's crop advice help a farmer earn money? Give one specific detail for each.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups fact cards on Adams's advocacy, community support, Tuskegee classes, and Carver's farm advice; build an opportunity map with arrows.
Write two sentences: How did Black Alabamians help build Tuskegee, and how could its classes help someone earn a living?
Play a card match: pair Adams, Washington, and Carver with securing funds, leading Tuskegee, and teaching farmers; explain one effect.
Compare a Carver farm bulletin with an Alabama Cooperative Extension flyer; identify advice that could help someone sell crops.
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