Alabama Social Studies SS24.US2.2c
The Standard
- SS24.US2.2
- Trace United States military involvement in World War I and the contributions of the American Expeditionary Force to the victory of the Allied Powers.
Analyze how government actions in the United States during World War I produced both economic growth and social division.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how federal wartime orders and contracts increased factory output and jobs. They also explain how the draft and arrests for antiwar speech caused conflict.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use a War Industries Board order and an employment chart to explain why factory work grew. They can use a draft protest report or a Sedition Act arrest to explain a dispute over service or free speech.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students assume wartime job growth reached everyone equally, overlooking racial barriers and rising prices. Others think the draft was voluntary or that speech laws punished only spies, not antiwar critics.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: How did War Industries Board orders boost factory work, and how did the Sedition Act divide Americans? Write one cause-and-effect sentence for each.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a War Industries Board order, a factory payroll, a draft notice, and a Sedition Act arrest report to sort by effect.
Ask: Who gained from wartime factory contracts, and who faced limits on speech? Have students cite one source for each answer.
Play a timed matching game with War Industries Board, Selective Service Act, and Sedition Act cards and cards showing their effects.
Show a 2020 federal mask production order; students compare its effect on factories with a World War I production order.
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Related Standards
- SS24.5.8
Analyze how the government-funded New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt impacted American society.
- SS24.WH.8
Analyze the global cultural, economic, and political developments immediately following World War I.
- SS24.US2.8
Analyze the domestic, economic, and civil rights impact of World War II on United States society.
- SS24.US2.3
Evaluate how key figures, events, and trends shaped United States society and culture from the conclusion of World War I through the 1920s.
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