Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.20a
The Standard
- SS24.HOS.20
- Describe the experience of Holocaust survivors and other displaced persons following World War II.*
Research and report on the lives of Holocaust survivors who settled in Alabama after World War II.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Post-War
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students research a Holocaust survivor who settled in Alabama after World War II. They trace the person's life before, during, and after the war. They report what they found and cite their sources.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can identify where one survivor lived in Alabama and describe that person's experiences using reliable sources. Their report separates documented facts from guesses and does not treat one person's story as every survivor's story.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume every survivor was held in a concentration camp or moved to Alabama immediately after the war. They may present a family member's recollection as the survivor's own words.
How to Assess It
- Give students a printed profile of a survivor who settled in Alabama. Ask for three facts with source details: one wartime experience, one Alabama location, and one detail about life after arrival.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed survivor biography and sticky notes; have them place dated events on a timeline that includes the move to Alabama.
Ask students to write: What do two details from this survivor's account tell you about their life in Alabama?
Run a source-match game: students pair claims about a survivor with the exact interview or biography passages that support them.
Use an Alabama Holocaust Education Center oral history to locate where a survivor settled, then write a map caption about their later life.
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Related Standards
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Identify Alabamians who contributed to concurrent civil rights movements in the United States during the decades following World War II.
- SS24.HOS.20
Describe the experience of Holocaust survivors and other displaced persons following World War II.*
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