Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (1) 7 : 7 ) Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. [RL.1.7]
[ELA2015] (2) 7 : 7 ) Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. [RL.2.7]
[ELA2015] (4) 1 : 1 ) Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. [RL.4.1]
[SS2010] LWT1 (1) 6 : 6 ) Compare ways individuals and groups in the local community and state lived in the past to how they live today. (Alabama)
Identifying past and present forms of communication
Examples: past—letter, radio, rotary-dial telephone
present—e-mail, television, cellular telephone
Identifying past and present types of apparel
Identifying past and present types of technology
Examples: past—record player, typewriter, wood-burning stove
present—compact diskette (CD) and digital video diskette (DVD) players, video cassette recorder (VCR), computer, microwave oven
Identifying past and present types of recreation
Examples: past—marbles, hopscotch, jump rope
present—video games, computer games
Identifying past and present primary sources
Examples: past—letters, newspapers
present—e-mail, Internet articles
[SS2010] LWT2 (2) 3 : 3 ) Use various primary sources, including calendars and timelines, for reconstructing the past.
Examples: historical letters, stories, interviews with elders, photographs, maps, artifacts
[SS2010] ALA (4) 6 : 6 ) Describe cultural, economic, and political aspects of the lifestyles of early nineteenth-century farmers, plantation owners, slaves, and townspeople.
Examples: cultural—housing, education, religion, recreation
economic—transportation, means of support
political—inequity of legal codes
Describing major areas of agricultural production in Alabama, including the Black Belt and fertile river valleys