Alabama Social Studies SS24.HS.4c
The Standard
- SS24.HS.4
- Locate and utilize a variety of primary sources related to the selected historical subject.
Describe the strengths and limitations of different types of primary sources for providing insight into the selected historical subject.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Subject Research
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare firsthand records from one historical event, such as a boycott leaflet, an arrest record, and a photograph. They explain what each source shows, what it leaves out, and how its creator's purpose affects its usefulness.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that a boycott leaflet shows what organizers wanted people to do, while an arrest record documents what police recorded. They use details from both and recognize that neither shows what every Montgomery resident thought.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat a photograph as a complete view of an event, even though its frame leaves out context. They may assume an official record is neutral or that one person's account represents everyone.
How to Assess It
- Give students a 1955 Montgomery boycott leaflet and Rosa Parks's arrest record. Ask: “What can each source tell you about the boycott, and what can it not tell you? Use one detail from each.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed copies of a 1955 Montgomery boycott leaflet and Rosa Parks's arrest record; mark one useful detail and one gap on each.
Ask: “Which source better shows organizers' goals, the leaflet or the arrest record? What does your choice leave out?”
Play source match: pair claim cards with a boycott leaflet, arrest record, or street photo; name one limit of each match.
Compare a student council campaign flyer with a photo of its assembly; write what each shows and what each leaves out.
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Related Standards
- SS24.HS.4b
Compare and contrast the types of evidence provided by various primary sources.
- SS24.HS.6
Compare historical methods utilized for research and evaluate how these methods yield information regarding the selected historical subject.
- SS24.HS.2a
Describe the strengths and limitations of different types of secondary sources for providing insight into the selected historical subject.
- SS24.HS.4
Locate and utilize a variety of primary sources related to the selected historical subject.
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