Classroom Resource

Highway Safety: Take Back Our Roads/Alabama Highways & Byways

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn about the development of a highway and byway system leads to growth and prosperity in Alabama, but with the amount of traffic on the roadways comes the rise in highway related accidents and death. National and State safety boards and law enforcement personnel work to make the highways safer and laws are enacted to make road travel less of a risk.

Content Standards

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 4

SS10.4.1
Compare historical and current economic, political, and geographic information about Alabama on thematic maps, including weather and climate, physical-relief, waterway, transportation, political, economic development, land-use, and population maps.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

agriculture
economic development

Knowledge

Students know:

Many events can impact the population, economic development, and land use in an area.

Skills

The students are able to:

Analyze characteristics of Alabama using physical and thematic maps.
Describe the relationship between human migration and population.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Events can impact the population, economic development, and land use in an area.
The climate and weather of our state impacts the population, economic development, and land use.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/highways-roads-safety/highway-safety…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/help/terms-of-use/

Comments or Notes

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Approved Date

2021-03-09

Curated by

Design by Adaptive Theme

Learning Resource Type