SS4

Grade 4, Social Studies
Std 11: Describe the impact of World War I on Alabamians.
• Recognizing Alabama participants in World War I
• Identifying the use of new technology in World War I

Lesson Plans:

Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans during World War I
Students will use photographs to develop an understanding of the impact at home and abroad of the United States involvement in World War I.

Sow the Seeds of Victory!
Students will use posters depicting the development of the U.S. Food Administration to evaluate actions of the government and their implications for the individual and society.

Alabama Archives: Teacher Packet, World War I
A five lesson unit covering: The Power of the Press, A Question of Honor: The Selective Service, Black Alabamians in World War I, The Home Front: Food Will Win the War, and Signing Up For Action and Supporting the Action.

African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed? After completing the lessons in this unit, students will be able to compare conditions for African Americans before and after World War I.

Signing Up for Action and Sustaining Morale Students will define and identify propaganda, create a poster reflecting the concerns of the time period, discuss the efforts used to maintain morale on the home front and discuss life for soldiers overseas during the war.

Resources:

Alabama Department of Archives & History: Timelines, activity sheets, teacher resources.

First World War: A multimedia history of World War I.

Alabama and World War 1: A quick summary.

Alabama and World War 1: Details.

Alabama History Timeline: A very thorough resource.

World War 1: On the Homefront: Included are discussions of the changing industrial workforce – with unprecedented numbers of women working at jobs previously considered “man’s work”; the growth of the women's suffrage movement; African-Americans’ large-scale migration to the North; racial tensions and violence in the South and North; erosion of American civil liberties during the war; Wilson's Fourteen Points; the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles. United States.

World War 1: The War In Europe: World War I: The War in Europe provides a clear narrative discussion of the conflict in Europe and America's involvement. Historically accurate, full-color maps provide geographical context, while archival photographs and film footage illustrate the hope and despair of the conflict.

Suggestions for English Language Learners:
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)
(E/B) Students reproduce historical highlights from timelines or visually supported newspaper headlines.
(E/B) Students produce entries for historical journals from timelines or visually supported newspaper headlines.
(E/B) Students gather research with a partner.
(E/B) Students scan for information.
(E/B) Students develop a pictorial timeline.
(E/B) Students create a diorama.
(D) Students maintain historical journals in chronological order based on timelines or newspaper headlines.
(D) Students match visual with a description.
(D) Students use well-illustrated resources. Complete a graphic organizer with student-researched information.
(D) Write questions on researched information in groups. Then ask each other questions following a teacher model.
(E) Students produce reports from historical journals (using technology).
(E) Students respond to inferential questions.
(E) Students write a short report.

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