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Website
Alabama Department of Archives and History

Alabama Department of Archives and History: Alabama History for Kids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The site offers a variety of online games and learning activities on everything from the First Ladies of the state to the Selma March, a timeline of the state's history, links to official state symbols and the like for fun and education.
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Primary
Alabama Department of Archives and History

Adah: From Territory to State

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here is a detailed lesson for students to explore the process of Alabama going from a territory to a state. There are document printouts and other links to help students explore all aspects of Alabama at that time.
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Primary
Alabama Department of Archives and History

A Map Can Tell a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An interesting lesson plan for students to attempt to locate the Alabama counties and identify voting patterns in the state.
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Handout
Alabama Department of Archives and History

Alabama Dept of Archives and History: Alabama History Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a timeline for Alabama history since prehistory. Students can click on the timeline for specific time periods. Also provides links to other Alabama sites.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Department of Archives and History

Alabama Dept. Of Archives and History: Wwi and Alabama's Rainbow Division [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th
This lesson plan contains a PowerPoint and other downloadable resources on World War I and Alabama.
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Primary
Other

Alabama's 1901 Constitution

For Students 3rd - 8th
This simply organized site gives a summary of Alabama's 1901 Constitution. It also gives other details about the Constitution as well as a long list of resources in a bibliography.
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Other

Uss Alabama Battleship Memorial Park: Park History

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the fifty-year history of Mobile's USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Alabama

For Students 3rd - 5th
Alabama became the 22nd state in 1819 use this site to find out what happened after that! Discover more about "the indestructible doll" and "the real iron man."
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Handout
Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: Civil Rights Movement in Alabama

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry providing links to key events in the civil rights movement in Alabama.
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Handout
Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Ang

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed discussion of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and the controversial role played by the Alabama Air National Guard.
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Handout
Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: History: World War Ii and Alabama

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed encyclopedia entry describing the economic, political, social, and cultural implications associated with World War II and how it changed the landscape of Alabama.
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eBook
Ancestry

Rootsweb: Terrible Massacre at Fort Mims

For Students 9th - 10th
This chapter from an online book on the history of Alabama focuses on the massacre at Fort Mims.
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Handout
Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: History: World War I and Alabama

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed encyclopedia entry describing the economic, political, and social problems Alabama endured during World War I.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Alabama's Five Capitals and First Governors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will research the five sites of Alabama's capital and the first governors of the state. They will create a presentation including the physical location of each site and the political and geographic reasons the site was chosen...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Classroom Feud

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
As part of a unit about the state of Alabama, students spend time collecting information about the state, which they in turn report to a classroom in another state using distance learning equipment. Then the two classroms in different...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Tour of Birmingham: Web Quest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This inquiry-based project will provide opportunities for young scholars to learn about the history of Birmingham. Students will discover the variety tourist attractions in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Amazing Alabama

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Follow along with our roving reporters as they travel Alabama from the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to the shores of the Gulf Coast.
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Handout
Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: Sports and Recreation: Jesse Owens: Raciing

For Students 9th - 10th
Photograph of Jesse Owens, racing.