Virginia Studies Notes and Activities
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Here you can find notes, handouts, and other resources we’ve used in Virginia Studies class.
PowerPoints and Notes for Virginia’s 20th and 21st Century
Below, you will find links to the PowerPoint presentations we have gone over in class based on our notes. The last few slides are pages we completed during instruction.
Day 1- Economic and Population Changes
Day 2- Social and Political Changes
Day 3- Famous Virginians
Day 4- Virginia’s Branches of Government
Day 5- Virginia’s Economy Part 1
Day 6- Virginia’s Economy, Part 2
Notes and Resources for our Jamestown Unit
Below, you will find notes and other resources from class we are completing during our Jamestown Unit
Eastern Woodland Indians PowerPoint
Day 1- American Indians and Europeans
Day 1- Eastern Woodland Indians
Day 2- Learning About Virginia Indians PowerPoint
Day 2- Archaeology
Day 2- Werowocomoco and Jamestown
Day 3 Eastern Woodland Indians of VA Language Groups
Day 3- Native Americans in Virginia Map
Day 4- Eastern Woodland Indians of VA food Adaptations
Day 5- Virginia Indian Life Long Ago
Day 6-Reasons for English Colonization in America PowerPoint
Day 6- Why Did England Want to Start a Colony in America
Day 6- Charters for a New World
Day 6- Jamestown was Founded in 1607
Day 7- Where (and Why) did the Virginia Company Settle
Day 7- Reasons Settlers Chose the Site for Jamestown
Day 7- Jamestown Location
Notes and Resources for our Jamestown Unit
Below, you will find links to notes for our Jamestown Unit:
Day 1- Virginia’s American Indians Notes
Day 2- Environmental Connections Notes
Day 3- Understanding Archaeology Notes
Day 4- Colonizing America Notes
Day 5- Jamestown Notes
Day 6- Jamestown’s System of Government
Day 7- Hardships Faced by the Settlers Notes
Day 8- Arrival of Africans and Women Notes
Day 9- Native Peoples and the English Settlers’ Interactions
Jamestown Unit Review Study Guide
Notes for Virginia Studies Unit
Below, you will find links to the class notes for each Virginia Studies Unit.
Unit 1- Virginia’s Regions Notes
Unit 2 -Jamestown Notes
Unit 3- Virginia Grows and Expands Notes
Unit 4- Revolutionary War Notes
Unit 5- Forming a Nation Notes
Unit 6- Civil War Notes
Unit 7- Reconstruction Notes
Unit 8- Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Notes
Notes and Resources for Our Twentieth and Twenty First Century Unit
Below, you will find links to notes and resources that we complete in class during our Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Unit
Day 1-From an Agricultural to Industrial Virginia
Day 2- Important Virginians Impact the World
Day 3- Civil Rights Flipbook
Day 3- Civil Rights Movement
Day 4- Famous Figures of Virginia in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Day 5-Virginia Advance
Notes and Resources for our Virginia Grows and Expands Unit
Below, you will find links to notes, activities, and resources that we completed during our Virginia Grows and Expands Unit
Day 1- Everyday Life in Colonial Virginia with Pictures
Day 2- Tobacco Notes
Day 3- Forms of Exchanges in Colonial Virginia
Virginia Grows and Expands Study Guide
Virginia Grows and Expands ZONK!
Notes and Activities for our Jamestown Unit
Below you will find links to Resources and activities we have completed in class.
Day 1- Virginia’s American Indians
Day 1-Virginias American Indians Brain Dump
Day 1- Native Americans in Virginia Map
Day 1- Current State Recognized Virginia Tribes
Day 2-Environmental Connections
Day 3- Understanding Archaeology
Day 3- Archaeology Book Information
Day 4- Colonizing America
Day 5- Jamestown Notes and Illustrations
Notes and Resources for our Regions of Virginia Unit
Below, you will find links to notes and activities that we complete in class during our Virginia’s Region Unit
Day 1- Virginia’s Relative Locations and Regions Notes
Day 2- Virginia’s Bordering States
Day 2- Virginia’s Relative Location and Bordering States Activity Sheet
Day 3- Coastal Plains (Tidewater) Region
Day 4- Coastal Plains (Tidewater) Products and Industries
Day 5- Piedmont Region
Day 6- Blue Ridge Region
Day 7- Valley and Ridge Region
Day 8- Appalachian Plateau
Completed Virginia Regions Study Guide
Notes and Resources for Virginia in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Unit
Below, you will find links to notes and resources that we complete in class during our Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Unit
Day 1-From an Agricultural to Industrial Virginia
Day 2- Important Virginians Impact the World
Day 3- Civil Rights Flipbook
Day 3- Civil Rights Movement
Day 4- Famous Figures of Virginia in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Day 5-Virginia Advances
Notes and Resources for Our Reconstruction Unit
Below, you will find links to notes and activities that we are completing in class during our Reconstruction Unit.
Day 1- Reconstruction Notes
Day 1- Reconstruction Problem and Solution
Day 2- Life after Reconstruction for African Americans and American Indians
Day 3- Virginias Economic Growth
Reconstruction Study Guide
