Alabama Social Studies SS24.HG.8
The Standard
Compare and contrast the roles of men and women in societies around the world, including matrilineal and patrilineal societies.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare how families trace descent through mothers or fathers in two societies. They use evidence about inheritance, daily work, and decisions to describe women's and men's roles.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that Minangkabau ancestral land often passes through women, while Maasai cattle often pass from fathers to sons. They can give a sourced example of another role for women and men in each society.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think tracing descent through women means women make every decision, or that tracing it through men means women own nothing. They may confuse who inherits property with who does daily work.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Minangkabau daughters often inherit ancestral land, while Maasai sons often inherit cattle. What does this tell you about each society's family line, and what else would you need to know to compare women's and men's roles?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs fact cards on Minangkabau land and Maasai cattle; have them sort facts into inheritance, daily work, and decision-making.
Ask students to write: If daughters inherit land, does that mean women make every decision, and what evidence would settle it?
Play an evidence match game with role cards from both societies, then have teams correct one broad claim using a card.
Show a sample farm deed naming a daughter as owner and a son as manager; ask how ownership differs from daily work.
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