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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 14 of 15

Famous Alabamians

People and events that shaped Alabama

What your child practices

Helen Keller, Rosa Parks, Jesse Owens, Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Hank Williams and astronaut Jan Davis, and events such as the building of Moundville, the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Space Race.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.12 · significant people and historical events of our community and state

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Helen Keller learned to read without seeing or hearing.
  2. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was about fair treatment.
  3. Huntsville people helped build rockets.

Example: Huntsville is called the Rocket City because people there… Think about the nickname. Rockets were built there. Answer: helped build rockets

Famous Alabamians in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 14 of 15 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Alabama at Work and before Alabama Celebrates.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which of these people learned to read without seeing or hearing?

    • Jesse Owens
    • Hank Williams
    • Helen Keller
    • Jan Davis

  2. Question 2

    In 2010, an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico hurt…

    • beaches, fish and birds
    • deserts
    • mountains
    • the moon

  3. Question 3

    Helen Keller, from Tuscumbia, Alabama, could not…

    • eat
    • walk
    • see or hear
    • smile

  4. Question 4

    The Birmingham Children's Crusade was when young people…

    • marched peacefully for fair rules
    • built a castle
    • went to the moon
    • planted peaches

  5. Question 5

    The Battle of Mobile Bay happened…

    • on the water, long ago
    • in a desert
    • in outer space
    • last year

  6. Question 6

    Why do we remember Rosa Parks?

    • She ran races
    • She stood up for fairness
    • She sang country songs
    • She built rockets

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