Standards

  • AL.1. Standard: Alabama Studies

    Fourth-grade students proceed from the study of geography in Grade 3 where they explored geographic regions, landforms, and resources to an in-depth study of Alabama. In Grade 4, students apply these geographic concepts to their own state and relate geography to history, economics, and politics in Alabama.

    • 1.1. Objective: Economics/Geography/History/Political Science

      Identify historical and current economic, political, and geographic information about Alabama on thematic maps.
      • 1.1.1. Grade Level Example:
        Discussing patterns and types of migrations as they affect the environment, agriculture, economic development, and population changes in Alabama.

    • 1.2. Objective: Economics/Geography/History/Political Science

      Describe the cultures, governments, and economies of prehistoric and historic Native Americans in Alabama.
      • 1.2.1. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying locations of prehistoric and historic Native Americans in Alabama.
      • 1.2.2. Grade Level Example:
        Describing types of prehistoric life in Alabama.
      • 1.2.3. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying the roles of archaeologists and paleontologists.

    • 1.3. Objective: Economics/Geography/History/Political Science

      List reasons for European exploration and settlement in Alabama and the impact of Europeans on trade, health, land expansion, and tribal reorganization of Native-American populations in Alabama.
      • 1.3.1. Grade Level Example:
        Locating European settlements in early Alabama.
      • 1.3.2. Grade Level Example:
        Explaining reasons for conflicts between Europeans and Native Americans in Alabama from 1519 to 1840.
      • 1.3.3. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying main causes, key people, and historical documents of the American Revolution and the new nation.
      • 1.3.4. Grade Level Example:
        Naming the social, political, and economic outcomes of the Creek Civil War and the Creek War in Alabama.
      • 1.3.5. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying the impact of the Trail of Tears on Alabama's Native Americans.

    • 1.4. Objective: Geography/History

      Describe the relationship of the five geographic regions of Alabama to the movement of Alabama settlers during the early nineteenth century.
      • 1.4.1. Grade Level Example:
        Describing the natural resources of Alabama.
      • 1.4.2. Grade Level Example:
        Describing the natural environment of Alabama.
      • 1.4.3. Grade Level Example:
        Describing human environments created by settlement.

    • 1.5. Objective: Geography/History/Political Science

      Describe Alabama's entry into statehood, including Alabama's constitutions and the three branches of government.
      • 1.5.1. Grade Level Example:
        Explaining political and geographic reasons for changes in location of Alabama's state capital.
      • 1.5.2. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying prominent political leaders during early statehood in Alabama.

    • 1.6. Objective: Economics/Geography/History/Political Science

      Identify the cultural, economic, and political aspects of the lifestyles of early nineteenth-century farmers, plantation owners, slaves, and townspeople.
      • 1.6.1. Grade Level Example:
        Recognizing the impact of slavery on Alabama during the early nineteenth century.
      • 1.6.2. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying major areas of agricultural production using an Alabama map.

    • 1.7. Objective: Economics/History/Political Science

      Identify reasons for Alabama's secession from the Union, including sectionalism, slavery, state rights, and economic disagreements.
      • 1.7.1. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying Alabama's role in the organization of the Confederacy.

    • 1.8. Objective: Economics/History

      Explain Alabama's role in and economic support of the Civil War.
      • 1.8.1. Grade Level Example:
        Explaining the resulting economic conditions of the Civil War, including the collapse of economic structure, destruction of the transportation infrastructure, and high casualty rates.

    • 1.9. Objective: Economics//History/Political Science

      Describe political, social, and economic conditions in Alabama during Reconstruction.
      • 1.9.1. Grade Level Example:
        Describing the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
      • 1.9.2. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying the role of African Americans in politics during Reconstruction in Alabama.
      • 1.9.3. Grade Level Example:
        Describing the policies of major political parties in Alabama.

    • 1.10. Objective: Economics/History/Political Science

      Describe significant social and educational changes in Alabama during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
      • 1.10.1. Grade Level Example:
        Explaining the development and changing role of industry, trade, and agriculture in Alabama during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including the rise of Populism.
      • 1.10.2. Grade Level Example:
        Explaining the impact of the voting rights revision in the Alabama Constitution of 1901, including Jim Crow Laws.
      • 1.10.3. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying Alabamians who made contributions in the fields of science, education, the arts, the military, politics, and business during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
      • 1.10.4. Grade Level Example:
        Discussing cultural contributions from various regions of Alabama that contributed to the formation of a state heritage.

    • 1.11. Objective: History

      Describe the impact of World War I on Alabamians.
      • 1.11.1. Grade Level Example:
        Recognizing Alabama participants in World War I.
      • 1.11.2. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying the use of new technology in World War I.

    • 1.12. Objective: Economics/History

      Explain the effects of the events of the 1920s and the Great Depression on different socioeconomic groups.
      • 1.12.1. Grade Level Example:
        Describing the effects of supply and demand on the economy

    • 1.13. Objective: Economics/Geography/History

      Describe the economic and social impact of World War II on Alabamians.
      • 1.13.1. Grade Level Example:
        Recognizing Alabama participants in World War II.
      • 1.13.2. Grade Level Example:
        Locating military bases in Alabama.

    • 1.14. Objective: Economics/History/Political Science

      Describe the social, political, and economic impact of the modern Civil Rights Movement on Alabama.
      • 1.14.1. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying important people and events of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
      • 1.14.2. Grade Level Example:
        Identifying benefits of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

    • 1.15. Objective: History

      Identify major world events that have influenced Alabama since 1950.
      • 1.15.1. Grade Level Example:
        Recognizing Alabamians who have made significant contributions to society since 1950.

    • 1.16. Objective: Economics/Geography/History

      Describe the impact of population growth on cities, major road systems, demographics, natural resources, and the natural environment of Alabama during the twentieth century.
      • 1.16.1. Grade Level Example:
        Describing how technological advancements brought change to Alabamians during the twentieth century.
      • 1.16.2. Grade Level Example:
        Describing the growing influence of foreign-based companies.