3rd Grade Alabama Facts and Information

 

Landmarks

1. List Alabama landmarks?

 

2. Where are they located?

 

3.      Why is it so important?

 

4.  Describe the landmarks?

 

Historical Sites

1.      What was the birthplace of the Confederacy?

 

2. What is important about Fort Morgan?

 

2.      Where was Helen Keller born?

 

4. What’s important about Selma?

 

5. What is Vulcan?

 

Culture

1.      What type of clothing do people wear in here?

 

2.      What type of home are built here?

 

3. What different types of languages are here & why?

 

Water Ways

1.      There are 6 major rivers/waterways what are they?

 

2.      How big are they?

 

3.      Where are they located?

 

4.      Are they helpful to our state? Why?

 

5.      What is a port & name the major ports in our state?

 

6.      What is a lock & name the lock in our state?

 

7.      Where are the ports and lock located in our state?

 

8.      How many locks are on each river?

 

Vegetation

1. What are the different types of vegetation?

 

Political / Government

1. Who are our city government officials?


2.  How does our city work?

 

3.   Who are our state government officials?


4. Who is our state governor?

 

Economy

1.      What are the natural resources in our state?

 

2.      Where are these natural resources located?

 

3. What is industry and describe our state industries we have here?

 

Agriculture

1.      What are the major crops grown in our state?


2. Where are these crops located?


3. Why are they important to us?

 

Soils

1.      What are the different types?

 

2.      Where are they located?

 

3.      What can grow in the different soil types& why?

 Ex: clay, slit, and sand

 

Road Ways

1.      What kind of roads are here in AL?

 

2.      Do we have many interstates & why?

 

3.      What are some major highways?

 

4.      Who pays for the construction of AL roads?

 

Land Regions

1.      What are our 5 land regions?

 

2.      Why are there different regions?


3. What is important about these regions?

 

 

 

 

Landmarks of Alabama:

 

  1. There are 24 State Parks
    1. Name them?
    2. In what town are they located?


  2. Forest, Alabama has the third largest commercial forest in the nation
    1. Name the Forest and where are they found?

 

  1. Horseshoe Bend, Today the Tallapoosa River quietly winds its way through east-central Alabama.
    1. Where is Horseshoe Bend located?
    2. Why is it so important?

 

  1. Birmingham:
    1. McWane Center Birmingham, Young visitors will enjoy Just Mice Size, a world from a mouse's point of view, where they can investigate, explore, build and experiment.
    2. Vulcan,100-year old iron statue

 

  1. Huntsville:
    1. NASA Space Center
    2. Railroad Museum, The 1926 Boxcar diesel electric locomotive is one of the last three on earth.
    3. Space Camp, this world-famous camp offers hands-on learning about aviation and space. Children, adults and educators come from all over the globe to attend Space Camp.

 

  1. Montgomery:
    1. Old Alabama Town is a collection of authentically restored 19th and 20th century structures. A magnificent setting, it stretches along six blocks in the heart of historic downtown Montgomery, Alabama.
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  2. Mobile:
    1. Fort Blakeley, Just hours after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee miles away in Virginia, the Battle of Blakeley was fought at Fort Blakeley on April 9, 1865 at 5:30 p.m. It was a major news event in the ongoing coverage of the Civil War as depicted in the scene above from "Harper's Weekly" of May 17, 1865.
    2. USS Alabama, An authentic World War II battleship, submarine, and B-52 bomber. Originally known as "Lucky A" because it emerged unscathed from its war service, the USS Alabama is now a memorial to state veterans.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government / Political officials of Alabama

 

  1. Bob Riley is our governor of Alabama.
    1. When did he come into office?
    2. There are 3 branches of government (Executive, Legislative, & Judicial) what branch of government is the governor a part of?

 

  1. We have 4 State House Representatives, and one is from Auburn. Mike Hubbard is our Republican District 79 representative from Auburn.
    1. When did Mike Hubbard get elected?

 

  1. We have 2 State Senators, and one is from Auburn. Ted Little is our Democrat District 27 representative from Auburn.
    1. When was he elected?
  1. Senator Bobby Singleton (District 24) was elected to the Alabama Senate, January 25, 2005, to fill the unexpired term of former Senator Charles Steele.
  2. Representative Nick Williams (District 65) was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives, January 25, 2005, to fill the unexpired term of the late Representative Jeff Dolbare.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Economy / Agriculture

 

1.      What are Alabama’s natural resources?

                        a. Soil

·    There are substantial reserves of coal, lignite, limestone, marble, sand, gravel and clay resources.

            b. Water Ways

·   Approximately ten percent of the nation's surface water resources pass through Alabama.

            c. Forest

·    The state's forest resources support a world-class forest products industry with approximately 23 million acres (9.3 million hectares) of commercial timberland, the second largest in the United States.

            d. Crops

·    Soils in Alabama support a diverse and global agri-business industry, with top national rankings in such commodities as catfish, broilers, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and Irish spring potatoes.

            e. Gas

·   Vast reserves of natural gas in Mobile Bay, coal-bed methane gas in the Warrior Basin and several processing facilities provide a competitive, stable supply of natural gas.

 

2.      Agriculture

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4.      Automotive Industries in our state:

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Agriculture:

Poultry, cattle and calves, greenhouse, nursery and sod products, cotton and peanuts

Manufacturing:

Paper products, chemicals, textiles, primary metals, food products and clothing, wood products, printing, and motor vehicles and other transportation equipment (19% of Gross State Product – GSP)

Services: 

Hotels and lodging, personal and business, health, educational and legal services (16.7% of GSP)

Mining:

Coal, natural gas, petroleum, crushed stone and limestone (1.0%)

Source:  Alabama Agricultural Statistics Service 2001-2002; US Bureau of the Census, Center for Business and Economic Research, the University of Alabama

 

LAND AND CLIMATE

 

Area:

51,718 square miles (133,950 km2), including 968 sq. mile (2,507 km2) of inland water but excluding 519 sq. mi. (1,343 km2) of coastal water

Elevation:

Highest - Cheaha Mountain, 2,407 ft. (734 m) above sea level

Lowest - sea level along the Gulf of Mexico

Coastline:

53 mi (85 km)

Forests: 

Second largest commercial forest in the nation with nearly 23 million acres (9.3 million hectares) of timberland growing almost 16 billion trees. 

Bordering states:

Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee

Climate: 

Year-round mild conditions; occasional snowfalls in northern sectors of the state; rainfall evenly spread throughout the state.

Record high temperature:

112 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Centreville on Sept. 5, 1925.

Record low temperature:

27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) at New Market on Jan. 30, 1966.

Average July temperature:

80 degrees F (27 degrees C)

Average January temperature:

46 degrees F (8 degrees C)

 

 

Highway Network

Almost 80,000 miles of all-weather state and local roads are anchored by 23,500 miles of federal highways.

·         ·         Five interstates and a strong network of four-lane highways connect every major city and most other communities throughout the state.

·         ·         Diversified motor freight services for business and industry are available through more than 1,600 trucking and warehousing firms.

 

Waterways

·         Waterways

·         ·         The Port of Mobile is the global deepwater gateway for Alabama. The Port handles a variety of cargos, including containers, forest products, metals, and bulk cargo. The Mobile ship channel has a maximum depth of 45 feet, able to handle most of the world's ships. The Port of Mobile is one of the largest deepwater ports in the U.S., served by more than 130 steamship lines providing substantial shipping capabilities connected to 14 public and 155 private inland dock facilities.

·         ·         The Alabama State Docks, which comprise the public facilities of the Port of Mobile, are located along the Intercoastal Waterway approximately 32 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The Alabama State Docks also has ten inland docks on four river systems (Tennessee, Chattahoochee, Alabama, and Warrior/Tombigbee).

·         ·         The entire port complex has direct access to more than 1,500 miles of navigable inland barge routes, as well as to the 16,000 miles of interstate barge lanes in the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Channel depths in the Port range from 40 feet to 45 feet.

·         ·         Extensive system of water transportation includes approximately 1,300 miles of navigable water on six different waterways.