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Elementary
Jamestown
As part of a Virginia Studies curriculum, students are required to...[more]
Virginia Leaders’ Impact on America’s Founding
My fourth grade students are just beginning their study of the American...[more]
Role of Virginians in the Founding of the New Nation
In this unit, students will discover what contributions George...[more]
Nat Turner’s Revolt and Its Effects
The students have spent the year learning about Virginia. The units...[more]
A Look at Virginians During Reconstruction
In this lesson students will examine how governmental actions...[more]
The Coming of the Civil War in Virginia
This unit picks up Virginia Studies in the mid 1800s, following the...[more]
Resistance to Jim Crow in Virginia
In this unit students will learn how the rights of a significant...[more]
Middle
The Causes of The American Revolution
The American Revolution is the foundation to all of U. S. history. By...[more]
The Progressive Movement - What Was Its Impact?
This unit will ask students to explore the impact of the Progressive...[more]
Voices of the Great Depression
Students will have completed the initial section of the Great...[more]
American Settlement of the Great Plains
This unit will cover the growth of the American West following the...[more]
High School
The Gettysburg Address: An American Treasure
Students will find evidence of the development of the ideas...[more]
The Civil War Experience
Students will have been following the development of the nation as it...[more]
The West: Won or Lost?
This elective course, The History and Sociology of Social Injustice,...[more]
The Progressives
This mini unit will have the students explore the Progressives in US...[more]
The Jim Crow Era
The students will use a variety of websites to explore the Jim Crow Era...[more]
The Making of Modern America (Part 1): 1945-1975
In this unit 11th grade AP U.S. History students will explore the...[more]