Alabama Social Studies SS24.HS.4

SS24.HS.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.HS.4a

  Describe methods for collecting primary source evidence.

• SS24.HS.4b

  Compare and contrast the types of evidence provided by various primary sources.

• SS24.HS.4c

  Describe the strengths and limitations of different types of primary sources for providing insight into the selected historical subject.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students search archives using names and dates, then record where they found firsthand sources. They use different kinds of sources to support a claim and explain what each reveals or leaves out.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student supports a claim about the Montgomery bus boycott with a boycott leaflet and a 1955 news report. They explain whose views each source represents and why neither captures every rider's experience.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat a later website summary as a primary source. They may assume a photograph tells the whole story or that a leaflet proves everyone followed its instructions.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a scanned boycott leaflet and a 1955 newspaper clipping. Ask them to write one archive search term for another firsthand source, one fact each source supports, and one limit of each.

1. 01

   Pairs search an online archive for a boycott leaflet and photo, record creators and dates, then list evidence each offers and misses.

2. 02

   Ask: What can a boycott leaflet tell us about organizers' goals that a protest photo cannot? Write two sentences citing details.

3. 03

   Play source match: pair questions about bus routes, organizers' plans, police actions, and public reaction with a 1955 map, leaflet, arrest record, and newspaper.

4. 04

   Use a school event flyer and a yearbook photo; students explain what a future historian could learn and what each would miss.

• SS24.HS.8

  Utilize various historical methods to acquire information on the selected subject and relate findings to the research question created.

• SS24.HS.2

  Analyze secondary sources related to the selected topic in history.

• SS24.1.12

  Utilize primary sources to examine the significance of individuals, cultures, celebrations, and historical events within the community and state.