Alabama Social Studies SS24.S.11c
The Standard
- SS24.S.11
- Explain why social movements form, and identify the factors that produce large-scale social change as a result of these movements.*
Explain the role of social institutions in fostering change and reinforcing stratification.*
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Social Issues and Social Change
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students look at rules and practices in schools, government, or banks. They explain how one can open opportunities while another keeps gaps between groups in place.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how ending school segregation changed who could attend. They can also explain why schools with fewer advanced courses may still offer fewer opportunities.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think an institution is just a building, rather than the rules and practices people follow. Others assume that ending segregation also made school funding and course offerings equal.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A district ends school segregation, but schools in wealthier neighborhoods still offer more advanced classes. Explain how access changed and how the course offerings could keep an opportunity gap.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs $20,000 and $40,000 elective budgets and $10,000 course cards; have them allocate courses and compare access.
Ask: How did ending school segregation change who could attend, and why might unequal course offerings still limit opportunity?
Hand out cards labeled “desegregation order,” “local property-tax funding,” and “free school meals”; students sort them by how each affects access.
Show two nearby high schools’ course catalogs; students count advanced courses and discuss how the offerings could affect college options.
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Related Standards
- SS24.S.8
Explain the purpose of social systems and institutions, including governments, houses of worship, schools, and voluntary associations.
- SS24.S.10
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- SS24.S.10a
Identify common patterns of social stratification in American society.
- SS24.S.10b
Analyze the impact of social stratification on groups and individuals.*
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