Alabama Social Studies SS24.AS.20b
The Standard
- SS24.AS.20
- Compare and contrast the roles of statewide elected officials, including the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and attorney general.
Differentiate among the types of state bureaucratic bodies in Alabama, including commissions, boards, and agencies.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Government
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify Alabama boards, commissions, and agencies by their jobs. They explain that a board or commission makes decisions as a group, while an agency carries out assigned work.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can match the State Board of Education with school policy, the Public Service Commission with utility rates, and the Department of Transportation with state highways. They can explain why boards and commissions cannot always be told apart by name alone.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think every commission does the same kind of work, or that boards only give advice. They may also assume the Public Service Commission sets rates for every utility in Alabama.
How to Assess It
- Give students three cards labeled State Board of Education, Public Service Commission, and Department of Transportation. Ask them to match each with school policy, Alabama Power rates, or state highway maintenance, then explain one match.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed cards naming the three state bodies and their jobs; have them sort and defend each match.
Ask students to write why a question about Alabama Power rates belongs with the Public Service Commission, not the State Board of Education.
Play a quick matching game: read a job aloud, and students hold up a board, commission, or agency card.
Show an Alabama Power bill and ask students to name the state body that oversees its rates.
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