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Activity
Other

The Virginia Tax Web Site

For Students 9th - 10th
This Virginia Department of Taxation home page contains various tax links.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Virginia

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has a colorful display of information about Virginia. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
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Interactive
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Virtual Williamsburg 1776

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the Revolutionary City, that is, Williamsburg, Virginia as we understand it to have existed in 1776. The presentation consists of a 3D model and documentary evidence such as letters, diaries, and legal papers.
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Interactive
Kidport

Kidport: United States of America Geography

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site contains a fun way to learn about the states within the United States. Click on the state that you want to learn more about and it provides facts, geographic landmarks, points of interest, major industries, a quiz and more.
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Website
Other

Tidewater Volleyball Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource has several links for tournament information, junior leagues, beach leagues, summer information and also fall leagues. There is other information like a monthly calendar and other updates and information.
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Primary
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian: National Museum of the American Indian: Queen of America

For Students 9th - 10th
Pocahontas is that rare historical figure who captivated people in her own time and in every generation that followed. Take a closer look at the story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith in this Frieze of American History from the...
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: James Fort Rediscovered

For Students 3rd - 8th
Jamestown was the first settlement in the United States in 1607. Once thought to have washed away with the James River, historians have found 10,000 artifacts related to the settlement.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: John Bull and Uncle Sam

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an exhibit that talks about the British exploration and settlement of America.
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Handout
Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University: Virginia State Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory allows you to learn more about Virginia through these different types of maps. This site contains a black and white map, a county map, a satellite image map, a shaded...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Images of the New World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Images of the New World." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Website
University of Virginia

Virginia Coast Reserve

For Students 9th - 10th
Information regarding ecological work and studies for Virginia's shore lines.
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Primary
S.E. Schlosser

American Folklore: Virginia Folklore

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Read brief folktales, myths, and legends from the state of Virginia.
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Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: Bacon's Rebellion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will write an essay on the history of Bacon's Rebellion based on the analysis of sixteen primary source documents.
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Primary
Other

The National Center: Settlement of Jamestown

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Settlement of Jamestown" by John Smith from The National Center, including the famous account of Smith being saved by Pocahontas.
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Article
Other

South Pole: Richard E. Byrd (1888 1957)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This article profiles Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957), the American naval officer and Antarctic explorer.
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Website
Other

On the Issues: Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
Please know that this site is maintained by volunteers and staff. It is their mission to provide non-partisan information on environment, gun control, war, immigration, and more. Information comes from newspapers and voting history of...
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Handout
Other

George Mason: Architect of Constitutional Liberty

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly article on the life of George Mason, a delegate from Virginia to the Constitutional Convention. Mason is also considered the father of the Bill of Rights.
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Website
Other

Virginia General Assembly

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information regarding current events within Virginia's state government and links to legislative sites for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: When I Was Young In, a Literature to Language Experience

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Past meets present in this instructional activity in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: After the Fact: Virginia, New Yok, and "The Federalist Papers"

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the necessity for Virginia and New York to support the ratification of the Constitution. See what influenced the vote in Virginia and how the legislature of New York was finally convinced.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: History: Walter Raleigh (C.1552 1618)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief article provides a short summary of the life of English adventurer and writer, Walter Raleigh (c.1552-1618), who established a colony near Roanoke Island. Although a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, he was eventually put to death after...
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Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Virginia Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Virginia includes information on the poet laureate, George Garrett. Other sections include featured poets (Rita Dove and Gregory Orr) and poems...
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Website
Other

Jamestown Rediscovery: History of Jamestown, Va

For Students 9th - 10th
A synopsis of the history of the Virginian colony of Jamestown from colonization to the 20th century. Contains dates of major events as well as biographical information for Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. Also provide book references.
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Handout
Other

Jamestown Rediscovery: Virginia Company of Jamestown

For Students 9th - 10th
The Virginia Company was given the responsibility for developing a settlement in the new world. This site introduces and details the work of the Virginia Company.