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Alabama's Fourth Grade 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 Grade Level Example: Identifying main causes, key people, and historical documents of the American Revolution and the new nation.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.

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