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Rivers, Rails, and Automobiles/Alabama Highways & Byways

  Classroom Resource Information  

Title:

 Rivers, Rails, and Automobiles/Alabama Highways & Byways

URL:

 https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/highways-rivers-rails/rivers-rails-automobiles-video-alabama-highways-and-byways/

Content Source:

 PBS
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn that using the old Native American trails, white settlers to Alabama begin the first transportation system in the state. Early roads were simply dirt paths widened for wagons and animals. Later corduroy and plank roads covered the dirt helping to eliminate the muddy conditions that followed the rain. River transportation and the first railroads also played a large part in the growth of Alabama’s transportation during this time. The invention of the automobile caused a revolution in the transportation world and increased the need for a better highway system.

Content Standard(s):
Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 4
Alabama Studies
1 ) Compare historical and current economic, political, and geographic information about Alabama on thematic maps, including weather and climate, physical-relief, waterway, transportation, political, economic development, land-use, and population maps.

•  Describing types of migrations as they affect the environment, agriculture, economic development, and population changes in Alabama
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: Alabama Studies (Alabama)
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Use thematic maps to identify:
  • historical and current economic information
  • political information
  • geographic information
  • weather and climate
  • physical features
  • waterways
  • migration patterns of people
  • transportation
  • land use
  • population
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • agriculture
  • economic development
    • physical-relief maps
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • Many events can impact the population, economic development, and land use in an area.
Skills:
The students are able to:
  • Analyze characteristics of Alabama using physical and thematic maps.
  • Describe the relationship between human migration and population.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • Events can impact the population, economic development, and land use in an area.
  • The climate and weather of our state impacts the population, economic development, and land use.
Alabama Archives Resources:
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.4.1- Identify historical and current economic, political, and geographic information about Alabama.
Tags: Alabama, economic development, population changes, types of migrations
License Type: Custom Permission Type
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AccessibilityVideo resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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Author: Ginger Boyd
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