GRADING PERIOD: Ongoing SOL / Enabling Objectives Resources VS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to a) identify and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary source documents to understand events in history; b) determine cause-and-effect relationships; c) compare and contrast historical events; d) draw conclusions and make generalizations; Lessons Technology HMH Textbook Unit 1 Unit 6 HMH Electronic Interactive Presentations CD- ROM Relationship building activities Virginia Trekkers Ongoing throughout the year e) make connections between past and present; f) sequence events in Virginia history; g) interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives; h) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing; i) analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and historical events. HMH Leveled Readers Reading Focus Skills Transparencies HMH LInk Events Card Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct 1
GRADING PERIOD: Relationship Building 1 st Nine Weeks SOL / Enabling Objectives Resources Lessons Technology My Personal Learning Style line Inventories Getting to Know Each Other Virginia Games and Week 1 VS. 2 The Students will demonstrate knowledge of the physical geography and native peoples, past and present, of Virginia by a) locating Virginia and its bordering states on maps of the United States b) locating and describing Virginia s Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau. c) locating and identifying water features important to the early history of Virginia (Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, James River, York River, Potomac River, Rappahannock River, and Lake Drummond and the Dismal Swamp) Unit 1 Lessons 1-3 (ESS) p. 1-31 (see link below) VS 2 Native American Geography 1st Nine weeks\vs 2 Geography Teacher Made HMH (ESS) Attachment N p. 32 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 & 4 Week 5 Suffolk Teaching Resources and Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct 2
VS 10 The Student will demonstrate knowledge of government, geography, and economics by b) describing the major products and industries of Virginia s five geographic regions Unit 6 Lessons 2-5 Unit 6 Lesson 2 (ESS) p. 144-146 (see link below) VS 10 b,c Products and Industries (ESS) Attachment J p. 157 Week 6 & 7 Week 8 Week 9 c) explaining how advances in transportation, communications, and technology have contributed to Virginia s prosperity and role in the global economy. Unit 6 Lessons 3-5 Virginia Trekkers VS 10 Products and Ind Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct 3
GRADING PERIOD: Ongoing SOL / Enabling Objectives Resources Lessons Technology VS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to a) identify and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary source documents to understand events in history; b) determine cause-and-effect relationships; c) compare and contrast historical events; d) draw conclusions and make generalizations; e) make connections between past and present; f) sequence events in Virginia history; g) interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives; h) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing; HMH Textbook Unit 1 Unit 6 HMH Electronic Interactive Presentations CD- ROM HMH Leveled Readers Reading Focus Skills Transparencies HMH LInk Events Card Foldables Virginia Trekkers Ongoing i) analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and historical events. Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct 1
GRADING PERIOD: 2nd Nine Weeks SOL / Enabling Objectives Resources Virginia: 1900 to the Present VS.10 a The student will demonstrate knowledge of government, geography, and economics by a) identifying the three branches of Virginia government and the function of each; Virginia s Native Peoples, Past and Present VS.2 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the physical geography and native peoples, past and present, of Virginia by d) locating three American Indian language groups (the Algonquian, the Siouan, and the Iroquoian) on a map of Virginia; e) describing how American Indians related to the climate and their environment to secure food, clothing, and shelter; Lessons Technology Unit 6 Lesson 1 Unit 1 Lesson 4, 5 Unit 1 Lesson 4, 5 (ESS) Session 5 p. 142 Sessions 1-8 p. 36-46 (ESS) Foldables VS 10A Government VS 2 Native American Geography Indian language groups map Teacher Made HMH Attachment J p. 157 (ESS) Attachment A, B, C p. 49-51 (ESS) 2 weeks 3 weeks f) describing how archaeologists have recovered new material evidence at sites including Werowocomoco and Jamestown; g) identifying and locating the current state-recognized tribes. Unit 1 Lesson 6 Unit 1 Lesson 6 Suffolk Teaching Resources and Werowocomoc o Site Virginia Tribes recognized today (2009) Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct 2
Jamestown and Life in Colonial Virginia VS.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the first permanent English settlement in America by Lesson 1 Session 1 p. 59 VS 3 Jamestown Settlement Teacher Made 4 weeks a) explaining the reasons for English colonization; HMH Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct 3
GRADING PERIOD: 3 rd Nine Weeks/ Ongoing SOL / Enabling Objectives Resources Lessons Technology VS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to a) identify and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary source documents to understand events in history; b) determine cause-and-effect relationships; c) compare and contrast historical events; d) draw conclusions and make generalizations; e) make connections between past and present; f) sequence events in Virginia history; g) interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives; h) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing; HMH Textbook Unit 1 Unit 6 HMH Electronic Interactive Presentations CD- ROM HMH Leveled Readers Reading Focus Skills Transparencies HMH LInk Events Card Foldables Virginia Trekkers Ongoing i) analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and historical events. Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items history_socialscience Teacher Direct 1
GRADING PERIOD: VS.3 3rd Nine Weeks SOL / Enabling Objectives Resources Unit- Settlement at Jamestown The student will demonstrate knowledge of the first permanent English settlement in America by a) explaining the reasons for English colonization; b) describing how geography influenced the decision to settle at Jamestown; c) identifying the importance of the charters of the Virginia Company of London in establishing the Jamestown settlement; Lessons Technology Lessons Lesson 1-3 VS.3a,3b,3c: lesson 1 Session1,2 p.59-61 See attachments A-D in scope and sequence VS 3 Jamestown Settlement Virginia Trekkers Teacher Made HMH Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 d) identifying the importance of the General Assembly (1619) as the first representative legislative body in English America; VS. 3d,3e,3g Lesson 3 Create Foldables to use for review Week 4 e) identifying the importance of the arrival of Africans and English women to the Jamestown settlement; f) describing the hardships faced by settlers at Jamestown and the changes that took place to ensure survival; VS.3f Lesson 2 Suffolk Teaching Resources and Week 5 Week 6 g) describing the interactions between the English settlers Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items history_socialscience Teacher Direct 2
and the native peoples, including the contributions of Powhatan to the survival of the settlers. Week 7 Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items history_socialscience Teacher Direct 3
GRADING PERIOD: 4th Nine Weeks/ Ongoing SOL / Enabling Objectives Resources Lessons Technology VS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to a) identify and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary source documents to understand events in history; b) determine cause-and-effect relationships; c) compare and contrast historical events; d) draw conclusions and make generalizations; e) make connections between past and present; f) sequence events in Virginia history; g) interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives; h) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing; HMH Textbook Unit 1 Unit 6 HMH Electronic Interactive Presentations CD- ROM HMH Leveled Readers Reading Focus Skills Transparencies HMH LInk Events Card Foldables Virginia Trekkers Ongoing i) analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and historical events. Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct 1
GRADING PERIOD: 4th Nine Weeks SOL / Enabling Objectives Resources Life In The Virginia Colony Lessons Technology Lessons VS.4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of life in the Virginia Colony by: A) explaining the importance of agriculture and its influence on the institution of slavery. B) describing how the culture of colonial Virginia reflected the origins of European (English, Scots-Irish, German) immigrants, Africans, and American Indians. Lesson 4 Virginia Trekkers Teacher Made HMH C) explaining the reasons for the relocation of Virginia s capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg to Richmond. D) describing how money, barter, and credit were used. E) describing everyday life in colonial Virginia. Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Suffolk Teaching Resources and FYI Released Test (similar to what LCS grade 5 takes Virginia Studies SOL Released Test Curriculum work, Virginia Studies Standards, ; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct 2