It is important to know and understand the standards that relate to your learning.  Look at these standards to help you better understand not just what you are learning, but the process as well.

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Skills

VS.1

The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by

a) analyzing and interpreting artifacts and primary and secondary sources to understand events in Virginia history; b) analyzing the impact of geographic features on people, places, and events to support an understanding of events in Virginia history;

c) interpreting charts, graphs, and pictures to determine characteristics of people, places, or events in Virginia history;

d) recognizing points of view and historical perspectives;

e) comparing and contrasting ideas and cultural perspectives in Virginia history;

f) determining relationships with multiple causes or effects in Virginia history;

g) explaining connections across time and place;

h) using a decision-making model to identify costs and benefits of a specific choice made;

i) practicing good citizenship skills and respect for rules and laws while collaborating, compromising, and participating in classroom activities; and

j) investigating and researching to develop products orally and in writing.

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Virginia: The Physical Geography and Native Peoples

VS.2

The student will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between physical geography and the lives of the 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;

f) describing how archaeologists have recovered new material evidence at sites including Werowocomoco and Jamestown; and g) describing the lives of American Indians in Virginia today.

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Colonization and Conflict: 1607 through the American Revolution

VS.3

The student will demonstrate an understanding of the first permanent English settlement in America by

g) describing the interactions between the English settlers and the native peoples, including the role of the Powhatan in the survival of the settlers.

VS.4

The student will demonstrate an understanding of life in the Virginia colony by

b) describing how the culture of colonial Virginia reflected the origins of American Indians, European (English, Scots-Irish, German) immigrants, and Africans;

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