Virginia Studies

General Information

Type	Activity	Description
	Virginia Department of Ed	Standards and SOL-based Instructional Resources
	Fourth Grade Pacing Guide	SPS Recommended Pacing
	Primary Source Learning	Work with images of real documents to question, think and gather knowledge
	SOL Enhanced	Specific activites by SOL created by TTAC
	History Now	Online journal of American history
	Our Virginia Past and Present	Available to students, parents and staff. Login information available from classroom teachers.

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VA.9

VA.10

Review

VA.1 The student will develop skills for historical and geographical analysis.

Type	Activity	Description
	VA Stickman	VA History review
	Virginia Map Skills	Millionaire Quia game
	Ben's Guide to Government	Government, documents, citizenship and more
	Virginia Trekkers	Travel across the regions of Virginia with the Virginia Trekkers

VA.2  The student will demonstrate knowledge of the geography and early inhabitants of Virginia.

Type	Activity	Description
	Virginia Map Labels	Map labels
	Jeopardy Regions	Gameshow format review
	Native Americans	Essential knowledge
	Discovery 5 Regions Valley and Ridge Valley, Ridge, and Plateau Virginia Products Coastal Plains Virginia Indian Language Groups	Test your knowlegde - take the quizzes to review geography and early inhabitants of Virginia
	Edunet Geo-Place	Test your knowledge of mapskills
	Regions of Virginia	Label the regions
	Map Skills Project	Help your friend learn about the geography of Virginia before they lose their ipod, cell phone and end up grounded
	Quia Games Bordering States Regions/Boardering States Geographic Regions Rivers Native Americans	Play the games to review knowledge of geography and early inhabitants of Virginia
	Map Games	Review map skills with various games
	Powhattan Indian Village	Discover what a Powhattan Indian village was like
	Eastern Woodlands	Discover what an Eastern Woodland Indian village was like
	VS.2a,c Virginia Borders	Foldable
	VS.2b Virginia's Regions	Foldable
	VS.2c Water Features	Foldable
	VS.2d Indian Language Groups	Foldable
	VS.2 d,e Geography of Early Inhabitants	Foldable
	VS.2e Adapting to Climate	Foldable
	Virginia Geography	Crossword Puzzle

VA.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the first permanent English settlement in America.

Type	Activity	Description
	Jamestown	Review the Jamestown facts
	Jamestown Colony	Essential knowledge and facts
	Jamestown Colonists and Powhatans	Essential knowledge and facts
	VS.3b Jamestown Past and Present	Foldable
	VS.3b Jamestown Site	Foldable
	VS.3c Virginia Charters	Foldable
	VS.3d Early Government	Foldable
	VS.3g Survival	Foldable
	VS.3g Trade	Foldable
	People Labels	Interactive Notebook Cards / Matching Game
	Quia Jamestown Jamestown Money Jamestown Charters Women and Africans Arrive	Play the games to review knowledge of geography and early inhabitants of Virginia
	James Quest	Discover Virginia's First Colony through the webquest
	Discovery School - Jamestown	Test your knowlegde - take the quizzes to review geography and early inhabitants of Virginia
	The Jamestown Online Adventure	You are the Captian of the Jamestown Colony - will your colony survive or perish?
	National Geographic -America in 1607	Discover what the early Jamestown civilization was like
	The Arrival - Fling the Teacher	Multiple choice questions about early Virginia history and the arrival of the colonists
	Early Virginia History	Word Bank Activity
	Government in the New World	Word Bank Activity

VA.4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of life in the Virginia colony.

Type	Activity	Description
	VS.4a Agriculture and Slavery	Foldable
	VS.4b Cultural Landscape	Foldable
	VS.4b Names and Culture	Foldable
	VS.4b Settlement Areas	Foldable
	VS.4c Moving the Capitol	Foldable
	VS.4d Colonial Economics	Foldable
	Quia Colonial America Tabacco and Slavery Virginia Jeopardy Revolutionary War	Play the games to review knowledge of geography and early inhabitants of Virginia
	Colonial Williamsburg	Learn about people of the 18th Century
	English Colonization Jeopardy	Gameshow format
	English Colonization Match Game	Match Game
	Colonial Kids	Thinkquest activity with ideas for multimedia projects
	English Colonization Part II	Jeopardy gameshow format
	Fling the Teacher: English Colonization	Build a catapult to fling the teacher by getting each answer correct.

VA.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the role of Virginia in the American Revolution.

Type	Activity	Description
	VS.5a Declaration of Independence	Foldable
	VS.5a Parlaiment vs. Colonists	Foldable
	VS.5b Individuals of the Revolution	Foldable
	Major Documents	Documents in Virginia history
	American Revolution notes	Notes in a PowerPoint format
	VS.5 Match Game	Match Game information
	People Labels	Interactive Notebook Cards / Matching Game
	American Revolution Timeline	Test your knowledge of the events of the Revolution
	Famous Virginian Review	Do you know this six famous Virginias?
	From Arrival to Revolution	25 question Multiple Choice quiz

VA.6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the role of Virginia in the establishment of the new American nation.

Type	Activity	Description
	Quia Jefferson and the Statute for Religious Freedom Washington and Madison Assemblies and Burgesses	Play the games to review knowledge of New America nation
	VS.6a George Washington	Foldable
	VS.6a James Madison	Foldable
	VS.6b Virginia Statutes of Religious Freedom	Foldable
	VS.6 Virginia Declaration of Rights	Foldable
	VS.6c Geography and Migration	Foldable

VA.7 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the issues that divided our nation and led to the Civil War.

Type	Activity	Description
	Civil War Review Games Hangman 10 Questions	Test your knowledge of Civil War facts
	VS.7a Lincoln's Election	Foldable
	VS.7a West Virginia	Foldable
	VS.7a North and South	Foldable
	VS.7a Events of Seccession	Foldable
	VS.7b Civil War Battles	Foldable

VA.8 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the reconstruction of Virginia following the Civil War.

Type	Activity	Description
	VS.8a Reconstruction	Foldable
	VS.8a Reconstruction Solutions	Foldable
	VS.8b Jim Crow	Foldable
	VS.8 African American Power in Virginia Government	Foldable
	VS.8c Economic Development	Foldable
	RAFT - Write a Postcard	Take on the role of someone living in the Reconstruction Period to write a postcard. Use the Rubric to create a quality product.

VA.9 The student will demonstrate knowledge of twentieth century Virginia.

Type	Activity	Description
	Quia Twentieth Century Review Arthur, Byrd, Ashe, & Wilder	Test your knowledge of twentieth centruty Virginia
	VS.9a Rural to Urban	Foldable
	VS.9a Why People Came	Foldable
	VS.9b Desegregation and Resistance	Foldable
	VS.9b,c Harry F. Byrd	Foldable
	VS.9c Arthur Ashe	Foldable
	VS.9c L. Douglas Wilder	Foldable
	VS.9c Maggie Lena Walker	Foldable

VA.10 The student will demonstrate knowledge of government, geography, and economics.

Type	Activity	Description
	Quia Government	Test your knowledge of government
	VS.10a Branches of Government	Foldable
	VS.10b Geographic Regions	Foldable
	Election Connection	Site created by Time for Kids

Review

Type	Activity	Description
	People in History Part I Part II	Hangman and jumble type games to review significant figures in Virginia's history.
	SOL Released Tests	SOL Released Tests from 2000-present in PowerPoint format
	VA Studies Online Course Part I	Study the maps and read the text to uncover information about the geography and early inhabitants of Virginia.
	VA Studies Review Part II	From Jamstown to the 20th Century check your knowledge. Read each selection and take the review quiz.
	Choose It!	Review 2007 Released Test material by choosing the correct answer.
	Fling the Teacher Game 1 Game 2 Game 3	Build a catapult to fling the teacher by getting each answer correct. Test your knowledge of Virginia Studies content.
	SOLmate	Multiple choice interactive practice quiz
	Puzzle Maker	Use their word lists or create your own to generate crosswords, word searches or word scrambles
	Notable Virginias	Famous Virginias in American history
	Virginia Studies Review	Review of VA Studies questions to use with Crickets
	Virginia Studies Jeopardy 1	Gameshow format review
	Virginia Studies Jeopardy 2	Gameshow format review
	Virginia Studies Jeopardy 3	Gameshow format review
	Virgina Studies Jeopardy 4	Gameshow format review
	Virginia Studies Jeopardy 5	Gameshow format review
	Virginia Studies Jeopardy 6	Gameshow format review
	Virginia Studies Jeopardy 7	Gameshow format review
	2007 Released Item Review	Use the PPT to review the 2007 released test items.
	Review Template	Students create a review flyer of all SOLs.
	First Semester Review (Right Click, Save Target As)	Review content covered during the first semester
	Elementary Test Prep	New York Elementary Test Prep site
	2007 Released Test Item Review	Gameshow format review
	ePat	Practice Assessment Tools (must install ePat Launcher before using)
	VS.1, VS.2, and VS.3 Review	Cricket ready review activity for VS.1, VS.2 and VS.3
	The Stickman Game	Virginia History review game