February Lesson Plans 

We are posting five NEW lesson plans for February.  This month, we have lesson plans on Jim Crow in Alabama, Alabama's 1901 Constitution, a college student's perspective on WWI, the Scottsboro Boys, and Redstone Arsenal.

**Remember, we are looking for your comments and suggestions about the lesson plans.  A Feedback button is located at the bottom of the lesson plan index for your convenience.

• Jim Crow Lived in Alabama in the late 1800s (created by Mary Hubbard, Consultant for the Alabama History Education Initiative)
    
• Alabama's 1901 Constitution:  What Was at Stake? (created by Mary Hubbard, Consultant for the Alabama History Education Initiative)
    
• Dear Father:  A College Student's Perspective on WWI (created by Dr. Lesa Roberts, Hampton Road Middle School, Huntsville City Schools)
   
• "Scottsboro Boys":  A Trial Which Defined an Age (created by Antonio Harrison, Wetumpka High School, Elmore County Schools)
   
• America in Space:  German Voices from Huntsville, Alabama (created by John Lowery, Boaz High School, Boaz City Schools)

We have FREE classroom sets of the The Alabama Guide available to schools.  There are still classroom sets of 32 copies available  to you to be picked up at the Archives.  The first 241 pages offer students an easily read, illustrated history of Alabama and will be invaluable to schools that have limited resources and textbooks.  The second half of the book contains information about Alabama state government at the time of publication.  The reading level is more appropriate for high school students, but elementary students will enjoy exploring the history of  Alabama through historic photographs.

Please complete this form to reserve your set.  Anyone from your central office can pick these up for you when  in Montgomery for meetings. The Alabama Department of Archives and History is open each day and on the second Saturday of each month from 8:30 to 4:30.  

Some school systems will be using these as textbooks for an Alabama History elective next year.

(Please note:  Each classroom set is composed of 4 boxes of 8 books each.  Each box weighs approximately 34 lbs.)

Professional Development Opportunities

elearning Alabama: Online Professional Development

• No classes to attend!
• No substitutes to find!
• No travel funds to expend!  

Online Resources

The Everyday Faces of Alabama Black History: Online Exhibit and Writing Exercises  

 (Provides teachers and students with an online,  photographic exhibit taken from the collections of the ADAH.  Writing exercises and rubrics are included.)

Online Exhibit of The Gettysburg Address

(Have you ever seen the Gettysburg Address and its various drafts?  If not, check out the online exhibit from the Library of Congress.  There is a 2:59 video that explains the background of this historic speech.)

 The Montgomery Bus Boycott Primary Sources at the National Archives

(Provides teachers and students with guiding questions based upon primary sources of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.) 

Breaking Barriers

National Constitution Center

(Provides lesson plans for K-12 to teach students about the concept of rights and how African Americans have been denied rights in the U.S.)

 The Choices Program 

(Provides teachers and students with lesson plans on current and historical events.)  
  

Facing History and Ourselves

(Provides teachers and students lessons that connect decisions of the past to choices of today.)