Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: Indians of Virginia [Pdf]
Amazing visual presentation about the history of Indians in Virginia. included in this comprehensive slideshow are startling pictures and maps tracing the Native American culture from prehistoric times through the 1600's.
Other
Preservation Virginia: Virginia's Most Endangered
Photos and information of historic sites in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Download annual brochures of the most endangered sites for the past several years.
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: My County Tis of Thee: Counties of Virginia
A lesson in how to use historical maps to identify Virginia's counties and learn the political geography of Virginia.
Other
Virginia Places: Woodland Indians in Virginia
Extensive information on both Paleoindians and Woodland Indians in what is now Virginia. Discussion on Mississippian, Eastern Mound Builder, and Coastal Plain Cultures.
University of Richmond
Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet: 1894 1909
This curation, transcription, and interpretation of the Richmond Planet opens a window into fundamental issues of race, equity, justice, violence, and power that still stir the nation today. Thirteen formerly enslaved men formed the...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Kids Zone: Colonial Postcard Maker
An online interactive activity in which students create a postcard with a scene from colonial Williamsburg and send by email to a friend.
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Jeff Miller: A West Virginia Chronology
This personal site provides a timeline of the European-American settlement of West Virginia and later events up to the present.
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Virginia Indians in the Twentieth Century
In this lesson, students examine how the annual payment of tribute to the governor by some of Virginia's Indians attest to their continuing presence. This is a tradition that was established in 1646.
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Jamestown Rediscovery: History of Jamestown, Va
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.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg Museum
This is the Colonial Williamsburg home page. Includes a virtual field calendar educational information, calendar of events, and tourism information.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Journey Through Hallowed Ground
At this site from National Park System you can meander through Virginia's Piedmont and view beautiful landscapes and buildings while learning the history of the area. This trail is the result of many organizations working together to...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Virginia
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Do you know when "the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English colony at Jamestown?" Do you know what the capital of the Confederacy was? Explore the history of Virginia...
Other
Virginia 400: Your Online Guide to 400 Years of Virginia History, 1607 2007
A portal to a multitude of sites dealing with the teaching and learning about Virginia history and beyond.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Virginia State History for Kids
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Virginia including early explorers, Native Americans, Jamestown, an English Colony, American Revolution, and Civil War.
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center
Learn about life in the colonial settlement of Jamestown and the Revolutionary War battle at Yorktown.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Virginia and the Revolutionary War
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short flipchart addresses some key issues that Virginians were faced with at the onset of the Revolutionary War.