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HMCPL Special Collections: Teacher Resources

HMCPL Special Collections is the community's archive. We empower individuals to seek their past, explore Huntsville and Madison County, and connect with history.

Curriculum Standards

Special Collections seeks to connect educators with local history. State history begins in 4th grade and various classes in Social Studies and History are taught through 12th grade. The following resources try to match archival resources with Alabama's specified curriculum standards, with the hope that educators can supplement their curriculum with examples from local Huntsville/Madison County History.

A full list of curriculum standards can be found through the Alabama Department of Education:
2010 Approved Standards
2024 Draft Standards

Government

Pre-Historic

Early Statehood & Antebellum Period

Reconstruction

World War I to World War II

Contemporary (1980s-present)

Religion

European Colonization & Pre-Statehood

Civil War

Post-Reconstruction to World War I

Cold War Era

Note on Content

The content on the Teacher Resources pages originated from a Special Collections intern who conducted a survey of Madison City School history and social studies teachers in Fall 2024. Survey findings can be found here: