Alabama Social Studies SS24.US2.5a
The Standard
- SS24.US2.5
- Identify economic and social effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl on American society and describe how individuals addressed the challenges and sought to help others in need.
Describe the effects of New Deal programs on Alabama, outlining the problems they sought to address.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students match Alabama's problems during the Great Depression to New Deal programs meant to address them. They explain what changed and who benefited or was left out.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how TVA brought jobs and electricity to north Alabama and how CCC crews built state park facilities. They can also explain why AAA payments to landowners did not always help tenant farmers.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think TVA brought electricity to every Alabama home at once. They may assume AAA payments went straight to tenant farmers, though landowners generally received them and reduced planting sometimes displaced tenants.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Choose TVA or AAA. Name one Alabama problem it targeted, one effect it had, and one group that gained or lost.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
On a paper Alabama map, mark Wheeler Dam and Cheaha State Park, then label the TVA and CCC work at each site.
Ask: Why might an Alabama landowner welcome AAA payments while a tenant farmer feared fewer acres planted? Write both viewpoints.
Play a card sort: match TVA, AAA, CCC, and WPA to Alabama problem cards, then defend each match.
Use TVA's current service-area map to find an Alabama town it serves, then list two ways electricity supports life there.
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Related Standards
- SS24.AS.22
Analyze the influence of federal spending on the growth of Alabama’s economy from the New Deal to the present.
- SS24.4.15b
Describe the effects of Reconstruction on education and social institutions in Alabama.
- SS24.5.8b
Identify and describe New Deal projects that helped bring relief to Alabama.
- SS24.5.8a
Identify the contributions of reformers during the New Deal, including Alabama political and civic leaders.
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