Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The distinguishing characteristics of the five geographic regions of Alabama.
- Alabama's key natural resources including cotton, iron, timber, and rivers.
Skills
The students are able to :
- Analyze the relationship between Alabama's natural resources and the settlement of the area during the early 19th Century.
- Make the connection that a region of a state greatly affects the social and economic viability of that region.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Settlers chose to live in regions based on the natural resources available in that region.
Vocabulary
- plateau
- region
- fall line
- plain
- river valley
- flood plain
- delta
