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Subject:
English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4)
Title:
A Natural Attraction: The Natural Resources of Alabama During the Early Nineteenth Century
Description:
This lesson looks at the natural resources that drew settlers to Alabama. Students will explore the 1818 letter from Joseph Noble to his friend, Samuel B. Bidgood, describing the town at Tuscaloosa Falls. Students will explain ideas within this historical text based on specific information presented in this primary source. Follow-up lesson - Alabama: A Boundless Field of Speculation This lesson was created in partnership with the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Subject:
English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4)
Title:
Alabama: A Boundless Field of Speculation
Description:
This lesson looks at the natural resources that drew businesses to Alabama. Students will explore the adapted 1820 letter from Mason and Dexter in Cahaba, Alabama to Richards and Simmons in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Students will explain ideas within this historical text based on specific information presented in this primary source. This lesson can be used as a stand-alone or can follow A Natural Attraction: The Natural Resources of Alabama During the Early Nineteenth Century. This lesson was created in partnership with the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Subject:
English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4)
Title:
Alabama Fever!
Description:
In this lesson, students will work in small groups to examine a letter describing the environment of Alabama and identify reasons which might have encouraged settlers to move to Alabama in the early nineteenth century. Students will choose an interesting attraction of Alabama mentioned in the letter and design a postage stamp around that attraction. This lesson was created in partnership with the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
