Alabama Social Studies SS24.HS.9b
The Standard
- SS24.HS.9
- Present and defend the results of their interpretations and conclusions.
Evaluate the effectiveness of different methods of presenting historical findings to an audience.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Culminating Project
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare ways to share the same historical finding, such as a graph, exhibit label, or audio script. They judge how well each one shows evidence and helps a particular audience understand the finding.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why a labeled graph works better than an audio script for showing a change over time. They can also say what the graph leaves out and suggest a way to fix it.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose the most entertaining format without checking whether it explains the evidence. They may assume a graph speaks for itself or that an audio script does not need to name its sources.
How to Assess It
- Show a labeled graph and a 30-second audio script about 1918 flu deaths. Ask: Which better serves museum visitors, and what does each format leave out?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a 1918 flu newspaper excerpt and death-rate graph, then have them draft an exhibit label and an audio script.
Ask: Which draft helps a visitor understand the 1918 flu evidence better, and what does each leave out?
Show three sample slides about the 1918 flu; teams score each for accuracy, clarity, and fit for a middle school audience.
Have students choose a wall label or short video for a museum display about a 1918 flu graph, then defend their choice.
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Related Standards
- SS24.HS.8
Utilize various historical methods to acquire information on the selected subject and relate findings to the research question created.
- SS24.HS.3a
Describe different methods of historical preservation, and identify examples of these methods.
- SS24.HS.9a
Describe ways in which public historians present history to audiences.
- SS24.HS.6
Compare historical methods utilized for research and evaluate how these methods yield information regarding the selected historical subject.
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