The standards for Virginia and United States History include the historical development of American ideas and institutions from the Age of Exploration to the present. While focusing on political and economic history, the standards provide students with a basic knowledge of American culture through a chronological survey of major issues, movements, people, and events in United States and Virginia history. S tudents should use historical and geographical analysis skills to explore in depth the events, people, and ideas that fostered our national identity and led to our country’s prominence in world affairs.
The study of history must emphasize the intellectual skills required for responsible citizenship. Students practice these skills as they extend their understanding of the essential knowledge defined by all of the standards for history and social science.
Early European Exploration and Colonization
Session 1: Journeying to the New World in 1700
Session 2: European Exploration and Colonization — Impact
Session 3: Colonization in New England
Session 4: Colonization in the Middle Atlantic Region
Session 5: Reinforcement
Session 6: Colonization in Virginia
Session 7: Colonization in the Southern Colonies
Session 8: Review
Sample Assessment Items
European Economic Influence and Slavery in the Americas
Session 1: The Economies of the Original Colonies
Session 2: The Economy the New England Colonies
Session 3: The Economy of the Middle Colonies
Session 4: Reinforcement
Session 5: The Economy of Virginia and the Other Southern Colonies
Session 6: Colonial Society
Session 7: Slavery
Session 8: Reinforcement and Review
Sample Assessment Items
American Revolution
Session 1: A Revolutionary War Study Project
Session 2: Project Research
Session 3: Steps Leading to Revolution
Session 4: The First Continental Congress, Lexington, Concord, and Patrick Henry
Session 5: John Locke and Natural Rights
Session 6: Writings of Thomas Paine and John Locke
Session 7: The Declaration of Independence – Part 1
Session 8: The Declaration of Independence – Part 2
Session 9: The Declaration of Independence – Part 3
Session 10: The Treaty of Paris, 1783
Session 11: Reinforcement
Session 12: Review
Sample Assessment Items
1800 to 1850
Session 1: The Louisiana Purchase
Session 2: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Session 3: The War of 1812
Post Reconstruction through 1920
Session 1: Immigration Trends
Session 2: Shift in the Origins of Immigrants
Session 3: Immigration Research
Session 4: Contributions of Immigrants
Session 5: Reinforcement by Video or Guest Speaker
Sample Assessment Items
United States’ Role in World Affairs from 1890 to 1940
Session 1: Planning a Project
Session 2: Open Door Policy; Dollar Diplomacy; Roosevelt Corollary; Global Economy
Session 3: Research
Session 4: Territorial Expansion; Hawaii
Session 5: Cuba; Yellow Journalism
Session 6: The Spanish-American War; The Treaty of Paris
Session 7: The Philippines; The Panama Canal
Session 8: World War I
Session 9: The Treaty of Versailles; The League of Nations
Session 10: Reinforcement by Video or Classroom Presentation
Session 11: Review
Sample Assessment Items
World War II
Session 1: Europe between the World Wars
Session 2: Germany’s Aggression
Session 3: The Beginnings of WWII: 1941
Session 4: The Course of the War: 1942
Session 5: The Course of the War: 1943–1945
Session 6: The Role of U.S. Minorities; the Rules of War and WWII
Session 7: The Holocaust and Other War Crimes
Session 8: Reinforcement by Video
Session 9: Internment Camps in the United States
Sample Assessment Items
Cold War
Session 1: Introducing the Cold War
Session 2: Europe Immediately after World War II
Session 3: Cold War continued
Session 4: Research
Session 5: NATO; The United Nations; Korea Today
Session 6: Korean War; Vietnam War
Session 7: Vietnam War continued
Session 8: Memorials
Session 9: Cuba
Session 10: Reinforcement by Video or Other Activity
Session 11: Cold War continued
Session 12: Cold War continued
Session 13: Cold War continued
Session 14: Reinforcement by Video or Other Activity
Session 15: Review
Session 16: Assessment
Sample Assessment Items
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