Social Studies Curriculum Resources

Virginia Studies Poster Sets

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Eastern Woodlands Indians

• How American Indians Got Their Name
• Eastern Woodlands Indians
• Three Major Language Groups
  
• How Eastern Woodlands Indians Adapted to Their Environment
• Eastern Woodlands Indians Adapted to Their Environment
• Virginia Indians' Artifacts
• Trading with the Indians
  
• How the Powhatan Indians Helped the Settlers Survive
• Cultural Influences on Early Virginia
  

Virginia as a British Colony

• Reasons for English Colonization in America
• Jamestown as an Economic Venture
  
• Voyage to Jamestown
• The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery
  
• Jamestown (Location)
• Building the Fort at Jamestown
• Jamestown Trade Between the Powhatans and the Settlers
  
• Hardships at Jamestown
• Jamestown in 1614
• Women Arrive in Jamestown, 1620
• Effects of English Settlement
• Cultural Landscapes
• The Importance of Tobacco to the Virginia Colony
• The Beginnings of Slavery in America
• Tobacco and Slavery
• Virginia's Capital Moves

Virginia Gains Independence

• The Colonists and England Cannot Agree
• Declaration of Independence
• Roles Virginians Played in the Revolutionary War
• Contributions of Virginians during the Revolutionary War Ear
• Victory at Yorktown!

The New Nation

• Virginia's Role in the New American Nation
• Virginians on the Move after the Revolutionary War
  
• Nat Turner

The Civil War Era

• Abolitionists
• John Brown
• Harriet Tubman
• Abraham Lincoln
• Creation of West Virginia
• Difference Between Northern and Southern States
  
• Confederate General Robert E. Lee
• Union General Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and Robert E. Lee
• Civil War Soldiers
• Civil War Railroads
• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack
• Richmond Burns
• Lee Surrenders to Grant

Reconstruction

• Reconstruction
• Reconstruction and Virginia's Economic Development
  
• During and After Reconstruction
  
• Freedmen's School in Richmond
• Sharecropper's Home
• Jim Crow Laws Affected the Lives of African Americans
  

20th Century Virginia

• Growth in Virginia's Cities
• Growth in Virginia's Railroads
• Effects of Railroads on Growth
• Railroad Centers
• Virginia Cities that Became Railroad Centers
• Virginia Grew as Industries Developed
• The Importance of Good Roads
  
• Maggie L. Walker
• Harry F. Byrd
• Desegregation and Massive Resistance in Virginia
• Segregation, Desegregation and Integration
• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
• L. Douglas Wilder

Government

• The King's Charters
• House of Burgesses
• Government in the New Colony
• The Capitol Building in Richmond
• The Government of Virginia
• Virginia's Branches of Government

Geography

• Physical Map of Virginia
• Relative Location
  
• Geographic Regions of Virginia
• Geography (Plateau, Peninsula, Appalachian Mountains)
• Virginia and Bordering States
• Climate in Virginia
  
• Settlement Areas in Early Virginia
• Cumberland Gap
• Water Features of Virginia
• The Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay
• Important Virginia Rivers
• How to Remember the Rivers of Virginia
• The Fall Line
  
• The Fall Line and its Effect on Virginia Rivers
• Jamestown Island Today

Economics

• Terms to Know
• The Economy of the Virginia Colony
  
• How Money, Barter and Credit were used in the Virginia Colony
• Decline of Agricultural Society
  
• Growth of Virginia's Cities
• Virginia's Transportation System
• Virginia's Exports
• Products of Virginia
• Industries of Virginia
• Major Products and Industries of the Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
• Major Products and Industries of the Piedmont
• Major Products and Industries of the Valley and Ridge
• Major Products and Industries of the Blue Ridge Mountains
• Major Products and Industries of the Appalachian Plateau