Clip 3: Old Mobile

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

2, 4

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, the kids continue their adventure in Old Mobile, a settlement for French colonists in the early 1700s. They view artifacts from these early settlers at the University of South Alabama Archaeology Museum.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 2

SS10.2.3
Use various primary sources, including calendars and timelines, for reconstructing the past.

Vocabulary

primary sources
calendars
timelines
reconstructing
past

Knowledge

Students know:

How to use a calendar.
How to interpret a timeline.
Vocabulary: primary sources, calendar, timeline, past, historical letter, artifacts

Skills

Students are able to:

Read a calendar.
Create and use a timeline.
Analyze a historical document.
Utilize maps, photographs, and other visual historic resources.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Primary sources play an important role in reconstructing the past.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 4

SS10.4.2
Relate reasons for European exploration and settlement in Alabama to the impact of European explorers on trade, health, and land expansion in Alabama.

Vocabulary

settlement
European exploration
culture
expansion
trade (barter)

Knowledge

Students know:

The location, purpose, and importance of European settlements including Fort Conde, Fort Toulouse, and Fort Mims in early Alabama.
The routes taken by early explorers including Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
Reasons for conflicts between Europeans and American Indians in Alabama from 1519 to 1840, including differing beliefs regarding land ownership, religion, and culture.

Skills

The students will be able to:

Explain the impact of European explorers on trade, health, and land expansion in Alabama.
Locate on maps European settlements in early Alabama, including Fort Condé, Fort Toulouse, and Fort Mims.
Trace on maps and globes, the routes of early explorers of the New World, including Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

Understanding

Students understand that:

There were specific reasons Europeans began exploring and settling in Alabama and this impacted existing settlements in Alabama.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/b02f2cea-6ac0-4afb-a57a-636b6f16bf86…

Custom License Type (URL)

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Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

Comments or Notes

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Approved Date

2021-03-02

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