Alabama Social Studies SS24.US1.5e
The Standard
- SS24.US1.5
- Explain causes, courses, and consequences of United States’ expansionism and the rise of Manifest Destiny ideology prior to 1848.
Compare major events in Alabama from 1781 to 1823, including statehood as part of the expanding nation, acquisition of land, settlement, and the Creek War, to events occurring elsewhere in the developing nation.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Put Alabama's Creek War, land cessions, settlement, and statehood on a timeline with national events. Compare how these events expanded U.S. control and affected people already living on the land.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson took Creek land and opened it to settlers before Alabama became a state. They can compare Alabama's expansion with the Louisiana Purchase or the debate over slavery in new states.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think Alabama was part of the Louisiana Purchase. Others treat the Creek War as separate from the War of 1812 or describe ceded Creek land as empty.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: How did the Treaty of Fort Jackson and the Louisiana Purchase expand U.S. control of land in different ways? Give one difference.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
On separate printed maps, shade the Louisiana Purchase and the 1814 Creek land cession, then mark Alabama's 1819 statehood.
Ask: How did Alabama's 1819 statehood and the 1820 Missouri Compromise show growing arguments about slavery and expansion?
Give pairs dated cards for the War of 1812, Creek War, Alabama statehood, and Missouri Compromise; have them build two comparison pairs.
Compare an 1814 Creek land cession map with a current Alabama road map, and locate three towns on land taken from Creek communities.
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- SS24.4.9a
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- SS24.AS.9
Outline the chronology of Alabama’s path to statehood in the early nineteenth century, including the shifting of capital locations.
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