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Welcome to my blog for Alabama History. I am a fourth grade teacher and currently we are studying Alabama History in preparation for upcoming field trips to areas in Alabama. I am looking for any facts, websites, poems or activities that my students could use related to the state of Alabama.
Welcome to my blog for Alabama History. I am a fourth grade teacher and currently we are studying Alabama History in preparation for upcoming field trips to areas in Alabama. I am looking for any facts, websites, poems or activities that my students could use related to the state of Alabama.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/33-states/165-alabama.html
ReplyDeleteThis website provides fast facts about the state of Alabama. It also provides links to resources available for well-known Alabamians, places and events that have occurred within the state of Alabama.
Thank –You for the website. I have included it in my lesson plans for this week. I am going to have my students use it as a resource for their project on famous Alabamians. K.Byrd
ReplyDeletehttp://www.archives.state.al.us/kidspage/kids.html
ReplyDeleteThis is a website to all kinds of resources about AL. They have activity sheets and virtual field trips. I think it's pretty cool and should be helpful to you!
Hey, I taught 4th grade for several years and the project my kids liked the most was an Alabama scavenger hunt. Some of them got very creative. To start with, they had to get a piece of poster board fold it in half, then staple the side to make a "briefcase" for their project. On one side of the briefcase they had to draw the Alabama Great Seal. Then they had to collect the items to put in their briefcases.
ReplyDeleteItem #1 Newspaper article about Governor Bob Riley
Item #2 Alabama State Flag
Item #3 Names of Alabama's current U.S. Senators
Item #4 Picture of the state flower (or a real one)
Item #5 Picture of Daphne's Mayor (this would change for your town)
Item #6 Alabama road map
Item #7 Alabama postcard
Item #8 Picture of the state bird
Item #9 Cotton boll
Item #10 Recipe containing peanuts or peanut butter
Item #11 Something from an Alabama beach
Item #12 Brochure of an Eastern Shore tourist attraction (this would change for your town)
Item #13 A Mardi Gras item
Item #14 Copy of the Alabama state song
Item #15 Brochure from an Alabama town
Item #16 Souvenir from the University of Alabama
Item #17 Picture of an animal native to Alabama
Item #18 Item representing an Alabama church
Item #19 Item representing a famous Alabama sports figure
Item #20 Item representing a famous entertainer from Alabama
Item #21 Item representing a famous writer from Alabama
Item #22 Product from an Alabama industry
Item #23 Representation of the Alabama state tree
Item #24 Something representing an Alabama Indian
Item #25 Picture of an Alabama Fort
Item #26 Alabama license plate
I gave the kids two months to complete this project and they presented them the week before we went to Montgomery on our field trip. It sounds like a lot of items, but the kids loved showing off their scavenger hunt finds. Also, I would tell them to pick some cotton off the side of the road if they saw any and save it for this project. And of course, I would always help any student who couldn't find an item. I think I only had to help two times out of the years this was assigned. Hope this helps.
I just went on the annual Farm-City tour with the Farmers Federation and it was very interesting. We stopped at a cotton gin in Theodore (the only one for about 200 miles) and got to see the huge gin that separates the cotton from the seeds and bolls. We also got to see cotton harvesting in action at a local field. Along with cotton, we saw peanuts being harvested and we got to see a soybean field and a combine up close. Our last stop was a the peanut buying point in Wilmer that buys most of the local peanuts, many of which end up sold to Hershey's or other candy companies. Alabama has a rich history of farming and you don't have to go too far out of town to find farms and fields. If you're not interested in taking a trip to an actual farm, the state fair is coming up and it hosts school barn tours during the day where students can see a barn, petting zoo and see a live cow get milked.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sos.state.al.us/Kids/index.htm
ReplyDeleteThis website is published by the Alabama Secretary of State and is designed for kids! The site has a link to places to visit in Alabama, state symbols, and games. As this site is published by the Secretary of State it appears that special attention is paid to elections in Alabama. This website could be incorporated when learning about the politics of Alabama.
At our school, our fourth grade does a Famous Alabamian parade. Each chid selects a famous person from Alabama, and write a report on their person. Then on the day of the parade, they dress up as their person. My students love to watch them parade through the school, and ask questions about the person they are dressed up as.
ReplyDeleteK. Box, thank you so much for the “briefcase” project. I cannot wait to share it with the other teachers on my grade level. I am going to have to do this project for the second quarter. We are going to Montgomery the last Friday of this month and all my students are going. They are so excited and this will be a great ongoing project. Thank - You so much.
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