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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 15 of 15

Alabama Celebrates

Festivals and historic places

What your child practices

Festivals and observances in Alabama (Mardi Gras in Mobile, the National Peanut Festival, the W.C. Handy Music Festival, the Bridge Crossing Jubilee and others) and historic places like the State Capitol, museums, libraries and monuments.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.12 · festivals and observances in our state and their origins, and historic sites

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Festivals bring people together.
  2. Mobile has Mardi Gras parades.
  3. Selma's Bridge Crossing Jubilee remembers marchers for voting rights.

Example: Mobile, Alabama, is famous for its… Mobile has a big festival with parades. It is called Mardi Gras. Answer: Mardi Gras parades

Alabama Celebrates in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 15 of 15 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Famous Alabamians.

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

    The Poarch Creek Thanksgiving Pow Wow is a gathering with…

    • snow sledding
    • dancing, music and food
    • rocket launches
    • car races

  2. Question 2

    Archives keep…

    • old papers, letters and photos
    • cars
    • toys for sale
    • frozen food

  3. Question 3

    A festival is…

    • a rule
    • a math problem
    • a kind of tool
    • a special celebration

  4. Question 4

    The Alabama State Capitol is in…

    • Mobile
    • Florence
    • Selma
    • Montgomery

  5. Question 5

    The National Peanut Festival is held in…

    • Selma
    • Huntsville
    • Dothan
    • Florence

  6. Question 6

    Which is a historic site in Montgomery?

    • the Eiffel Tower
    • the Grand Canyon
    • the Great Wall
    • the State Capitol

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