Alabama Social Studies SS24.HG.9

SS24.HG.9 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.HG.9a

  Explain the causes and effects of the migration of various ethnic groups to the United States.

• SS24.HG.9b

  Explain the causes and consequences of migration within the United States, citing historical examples.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students map forced movements in different parts of the world and explain why people moved. They explain why groups came to the United States and what changed after they arrived. They also use historical examples to explain migration within the United States.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can trace the Atlantic slave trade and explain its effects on families and labor in the Americas. They can explain why famine drove Irish migration to the United States and why Jim Crow and factory jobs drove the Great Migration north.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat every migration as a free choice, even when people were enslaved or expelled. They may also name a cause, such as drought, without explaining what happened to people or places after the move.

04

How to Assess It

On an exit ticket, show arrows from West Africa to North America, Ireland to New York, and Alabama to Chicago. Ask students to label each move with a cause and one consequence.

1. 01

   Give pairs blank maps and cards for the Atlantic slave trade, the 1947 Partition of India, Cherokee removal, and the Great Migration; mark routes, causes, and effects.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: How did Jim Crow and northern factory jobs shape the Great Migration, and what changed in northern cities?

3. 03

   Play a cause-and-effect matching game with cards for Irish famine migration, the Atlantic slave trade, Cherokee removal, and the Great Migration.

4. 04

   Show a UNHCR map of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries; have students compare its routes and causes with a map of the 1947 Partition of India.

• SS24.7.4c

  Predict causes and consequences of human migration, including push and pull factors.

• SS24.2.14a

  Describe the experiences of groups that have migrated to and within the United States throughout history.

• SS24.HG.10a

  Evaluate the impact of long-term climate shifts and resource usage on human migration and settlement patterns.