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Video Overview
During 2009, which has been designated as the Year of Alabama History, the Alabama Department of Archives and History is presenting a special series of lectures. These sequential lectures, which will be presented by leading experts in the field, will give you insight into the individuals and major events that shaped Alabama history.
As we continue to add a new lecture each month, we will come one step closer to present day Alabama.
Extension Activities
Please visit the Alabama Department of Archives and History for a listing of the titles in the 2009 series.
Click here for the PowerPoint slides used in this presentation.
LINKS to SEGMENTS
The Land of Alabama – Segment 1 - Introduction
The Land of Alabama – Segment 2 - Tectonic Plates, Pangea Schematic, Physiolgraphy of the United States, and the Geologic Map of North America
The Land of Alabama – Segment 3 - Geology of the Southeast and Alabama, Physical Landscape of the Southeast, and Satallite Photo of Alabama
The Land of Alabama – Segment 4 - Shades Relief Map of Alabama, the Black Belt, Cuestas, Chunnenuggee Hills, and Sumter County
The Land of Alabama – Segment 5 - Physiography of Alabama (The Five Physiological Provinces)
The Land of Alabama – Segment 6 - The Piedmont, the Thrust Belt and Hard Rocks
The Land of Alabama – Segment 7 - The Coastal Plains, Fall Lines, and the Dinosaur Age and After
The Land of Alabama – Segment 8 - The Black Belt
The Land of Alabama – Segment 9 - Alabama at the Close of the Ice Age
The Land of Alabama – Segment 10 - Question & Answer Session
Alabama Course of Study
Alabama Course of Study
Social Studies
3rd Grade
2.) Describe physical characteristics, including landforms, bodies of water, soil, and vegetation of various places on Earth.
Examples:
-landforms
-bodies of water
-soil-vegetation
Identifying processes of Earth, including continental drift, erosion, natural hazards, weather and climate
4th Grade
1.) Identify historical and current economic, political, and geographic information about Alabama on thematic maps.
4.) Describe the relationship of the five geographic regions of Alabama to the movement of Alabama settlers during the early nineteenth century.
Examples:
Describing the natural resources of Alabama
Examples: water, trees, coal, iron, limestone, petroleum, natural gas, soil
Describing the natural environment of Alabama
Examples: wildlife, vegetation, climate, bodies of water
7th Grade
Geography
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