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PPT
Virginia History Series

Virginia History Series: Indians of Virginia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
Other

Preservation Virginia: Virginia's Most Endangered

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos and information of historic sites in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Download annual brochures of the most endangered sites for the past several years.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: My County Tis of Thee: Counties of Virginia

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in how to use historical maps to identify Virginia's counties and learn the political geography of Virginia.
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Handout
Other

Virginia Places: Woodland Indians in Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information on both Paleoindians and Woodland Indians in what is now Virginia. Discussion on Mississippian, Eastern Mound Builder, and Coastal Plain Cultures.
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Primary
University of Richmond

Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet: 1894 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Kids Zone: Colonial Postcard Maker

For Students K - 1st
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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Handout
Other

Jeff Miller: A West Virginia Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a timeline of the European-American settlement of West Virginia and later events up to the present.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Virginia Indians in the Twentieth Century

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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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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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Website
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Colonial Williamsburg home page. Includes a virtual field calendar educational information, calendar of events, and tourism information.
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Journey Through Hallowed Ground

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Virginia

For Students 3rd - 5th
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...
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Website
Other

Virginia 400: Your Online Guide to 400 Years of Virginia History, 1607 2007

For Students 9th - 10th
A portal to a multitude of sites dealing with the teaching and learning about Virginia history and beyond.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Virginia State History for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
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.
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Website
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about life in the colonial settlement of Jamestown and the Revolutionary War battle at Yorktown.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Virginia and the Revolutionary War

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short flipchart addresses some key issues that Virginians were faced with at the onset of the Revolutionary War.