West Virginia Lesson Plans

1. VA Studies - VS.2a
Overview VS.1 Overview VS.2 Overview VS.3 Overview VS.4 Overview VS.5 Overview VS.6 Overview VS.7 Overview VS.8 Overview VS.9 Overview VS.10 home contact VS.2a Locating Virginia and its bordering states on maps of the United States. READY RESOURCES MAPS Map of Virginia with five bordering states and bodies of water (Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay). SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES Identify the five bordering states on a map of the United States. Review cardinal and intermed...

2. Mapping Mistakes (one-day lesson)
What is the west Home About the Center Teachers Unitssee more + Urban Growth + Maps + Cowboys Lesson Plans + Reading Maps Critically (one-day lesson) + Finding the West (one-day lesson) + Mapmakers' Perspective (one-day lesson) + Mapping Mistakes (one-day lesson) + Claiming Land (one-day lesson) + Native Americans in Europea...

3. VA Studies - VS.2 Overview
Overview VS.1 Overview VS.2 Overview VS.3 Overview VS.4 Overview VS.5 Overview VS.6 Overview VS.7 Overview VS.8 Overview VS.9 Overview VS.10 home contact VS.2b Locating and describing Virginia's Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau. READY RESOURCES MAPS Map of Geographic Regions of Virginia Map of Geographic Regions of Virginia with counties Unlabeled map of the Geographic Regions of Virginia with lines but no labels (that could b...

4. VA Studies - VS.6c
Overview VS.1 Overview VS.2 Overview VS.3 Overview VS.4 Overview VS.5 Overview VS.6 Overview VS.7 Overview VS.8 Overview VS.9 Overview VS.10 home contact VS.6c Explaining the influence of geography on the migration of Virginians into western territories. READY RESOURCES SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES In this lesson, students will understand how geography influenced the movement of people and ideas as Virginians moved to and beyond the Virginia frontier. Ask students the following questions: Where did most people settle whe...

5. Landform Map of Virginia
Information Institute of Syracuse _ Printer friendly text Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Lesson Plan : AELP-GGR0206 Copyright Statement Landform Map of Virginia An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Maryellen Meden Email: mmedennott@yahoo.com School/University/Affiliation: Nottingham Elementary School, Arlington, Virginia 22207 Date: June 7, 2001 Grade Level: 4 Subject(s): Social Studies/Geography Duration: Three 1-hour sessions Description: Thi...

6. Citifying the Country
...nd-in-hand with population growth. This lesson builds awareness of the changing countryside. OBJECTIVES: 1. Students will be able to present a list of the attributes of a region. 2. Students will be able to tell how changes occur in a region. TIME REQUIRED: Two days. MATERIALS: The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton Chart paper Markers Masking tape Paper Scissors Index cards Evaluation sheet: country vs. city living Journal (optional) PROCEDURE: 1. Brainstorm and web words associated with the words CITY and COUNTRY. 2. Read the book: The Little House. 3. Discuss and list the changes witnessed by the house...

7. Coal Production in the USA -Primary
...2. Objective: 1. Students will determine the leading coal producing states and calculate their productions totals. 2. Students will be able to sort the coal production data information according to alphabetical order by state and according to total tonnage per thousand short tons from highest to lowest. 3. Students will color code a map of the United States indicating coal production. Materials: 1. Information sheet (below) 2. The map from the U.S. Department of Energy. (below) It shows where various kinds of coal (lignite, sub-bituminous, bituminous and anthracite) can be found. The chart below it shows w...

8. Horse Sense Horse Sense
Horse Sense Science Students will research wild horses in the American West and learn how they can help preserve them. What You Need Access to the Internet and/or reference books containing information about wild horses (see below for suggestions) What to Do 1. Divide the class into groups. Assign each group to research one aspect of wild horses and their environment: What wild hors...

9. VA Studies - VS.2d
Overview VS.1 Overview VS.2 Overview VS.3 Overview VS.4 Overview VS.5 Overview VS.6 Overview VS.7 Overview VS.8 Overview VS.9 Overview VS.10 home contact VS.2d Locating three American Indian (First American) language groups (the Algonquian, the Siouan, and the Iroquoian) on a map of Virginia. READY RESOURCES SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES Complete a KWL chart about the American Indians (First Americans) with the students, using graphic organizers from the following Web sites: http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm Have students read...

10. Global Citizen 2000 - Religion and Spirituality
...Evaluate the Court's interpretation of the First Amendment right to religious freedom Resource Materials: _ informational resources (i.e.-teacher prepared dittos on the various cases being used; student access to the internet for research purposes) suggested web sites: + http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/court/ + http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm _ possible list of cases: + West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) + Engel v. Vitale (1962) + Abington v. Schempp (1963) + Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) + Widmar v. Vincent (1981) + Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) + Board of Education v...