Alabama Social Studies SS24.HS.4a
The Standard
- SS24.HS.4
- Locate and utilize a variety of primary sources related to the selected historical subject.
Describe methods for collecting primary source evidence.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Subject Research
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students collect firsthand evidence by searching archives, interviewing people, observing events, or gathering records and objects. They note who created each source, when it was made, and where they found it. They ask permission before recording an interview.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can choose a collection method that fits a research question. They can collect a firsthand source and log its creator, date, and origin so someone else can find it.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat a textbook summary or an old retelling as firsthand evidence of an event. They may save a photo without noting who took it or where they found it. Some think they can record an interview without asking permission.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A town changed its bus route last year. Name two ways to collect firsthand evidence and two details you would log for each source.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a school event flyer, photo, and meeting minutes. Have them photograph one item and log its creator, date, and source.
Write two interview questions about a recent school event. Explain how you would get permission and record the answers.
Match research question cards to interview, observation, archive search, or artifact collection cards. Name one detail to log for each source.
Use a posted school board meeting video to collect one firsthand statement, noting the speaker, meeting date, and timestamp.
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Related Standards
- SS24.HS.5
Differentiate between primary and secondary sources on the subject and evaluate the quality of evidence each type yields.
- SS24.HS.4b
Compare and contrast the types of evidence provided by various primary sources.
- SS24.K.11
Identify a primary source.
- SS24.HS.4
Locate and utilize a variety of primary sources related to the selected historical subject.
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