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
This collection documents baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages, and burials. Notably, it includes information about People of Color who engaged with the parish both before and after the Civil War. The collection acts as an opportunity to shed light on the experiences of marginalized communities.
This collection documents the earliest records of Temple B'Nai Sholom, Alabama's oldest continuous Jewish temple. Congregants of the temple were and continue to be movers and shakers, policy-makers, and business entrepreneurs in Madison County.
The following informational sheets were the work of an intern digitizing and studying the Church of the Nativity registries.
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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: