Alabama Social Studies SS24.HS.1b
The Standard
- SS24.HS.1
- Describe how a selected historical subject is currently remembered or regarded, explaining how historical memory contributes to current thinking about the event.
Explain factors that have influenced or shaped how the historical subject is viewed in modern day.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Subject Survey
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare how a historical person or event was described in the past and how it is described now. They explain how sources, public campaigns, or a source’s purpose can shape those views.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use two dated sources to show how portrayals of Columbus differ. They can explain how Indigenous advocacy or the purpose of a holiday helps account for the difference.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat a source’s opinion as a fact about what happened. They may assume an older account is unbiased, or that a newer account is correct simply because it is newer.
How to Assess It
- For an exit ticket, give students a Columbus Day poster and a recent museum label that includes an Indigenous perspective. Ask them to name one difference and explain what may have shaped it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed Columbus Day posters and museum labels; have them underline praise, harm, and missing voices in each.
Ask students to write: How might Indigenous advocacy change the wording on a town’s Columbus plaque?
Play a matching game with three Columbus portrayals and cards labeled national pride, Indigenous advocacy, and new research; require evidence for each match.
Show municipal calendars listing Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day; have students write what each name highlights.
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Related Standards
- SS24.HS.1a
Identify and explain examples of how the historical subject is currently represented.
- SS24.HS.2b
Explain how a historian constructs a viewpoint on a historical subject.
- SS24.HS.1
Describe how a selected historical subject is currently remembered or regarded, explaining how historical memory contributes to current thinking about the event...
- SS24.HS.2c
Apply the concept of historiography through contrasting how various historians have interpreted the historical subject.
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