Social Studies Curriculum Resources
Virginia Studies Poster Sets
How to Make Postcard-Sized Copies
How to use the Social Studies Posters Effectively
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
Consulting
Background
Educational Resources
Lessons
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Interests
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