Students will examine and evaluate different perspectives concerning events leading to the American Revolution, in this case the Stamp Act.... [more]

Everyday Americans responded to armed conflict by viewing experience through a variety of perspectives, including the lenses of their environment, its impact on their health, and the community of combat shared... [more]

The student will gain a deeper appreciation for the sacrifices made to achieve fundamental rights in our society. They will also analyze how far we’ve come and explore what more needs to be done in the "Freedom... [more]

The student will analyze selected pieces of art and infer how they reflect a sense of disillusionment, and/or cynicism in American society in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal. When the lesson is complete, the students will be able to place cultural attitudes of recent... [more]

Students will be engaged in an inquiry project in which they will identify and research influential people, important causes and primary documents of the Revolutionary War.... [more]

• The student will make connections between cultural norms and their own lives.


• The student will understand the impact of Jim Crow laws and make inferences about the impact of these laws on both African Americans and Whites.


• The student will understand the impact of... [more]

Students will explore the history of Civil Rights. How did the struggle for Civil Rights, “the “Second Reconstruction” transform society and politics in the United States in the 1950s? Specifically, why are American Schools integrated today? How did Virginia respond to the Supreme Court... [more]

Students will be able to explain how the Civil War and Reconstruction both solved and created problems for our nation.

• Students will understand how Reconstruction caused a further decline in relations between the North & South.
  
• Students will understand that racism has been... [more]

African Americans, working through the Court system and mass protest, reshaped public opinion and secured the passage of civil rights... [more]

Students will examine the causes of dissatisfaction that led to the American... [more]

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

• Evaluate the successes and failures of LBJ's domestic and foreign policies


• Formulate historical questions and defend findings based on inquiry and interpretation


• Evaluate the authenticity, authority, and... [more]

Students should conduct inquiries and research-acquiring, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, evaluating, and communicating facts, themes, and general principles operating in American history.

Using the Declaration of Independence, students will formulate the historical question: What... [more]

• The Civil Rights Movement resulted in legislation that ensured constitutional rights to all citizens regardless of race.


• African Americans, working through the court system and mass protest, reshaped public opinion and secured the passage of civil rights... [more]

• Provide students with the opportunity to analyze and interpret primary source documents.


• Select and defend positions in writing, discussion and debate.


• Enhance student understanding of the political philosophies that shaped the development of the Virginia and U.S.... [more]