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Social Studies lessons should include a content standard and a skills standard.

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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.

Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
Unit 1- Review of 4th Grade Virginia Studies VS.2a - Bordering States VS.2b - Five Geographic Regions of Virginia VS.2c - Water Features VS.2d - Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian VS.2e - American Indians Food, Clothing, and Shelter VS.2f - Material Evidence at Werowocomoco and Jamestown VS.2g - State-recognized Tribes VS.10b - Major Products and Industries of Virginia VS.3a - Reasons for English Colonization VS.3b - Decision to Settle at Jamestown VS.3c - Virginia Company of London VS.3d - General Assembly VS.3e - Arrival of Africans and English Women VS.3f - Jamestown Hardships VS.3g - Interactions between the English Settlers and the Native People VS.4a - Agriculture and Slavery VS.4b - Culture of Colonial Virginia VS.4c - Relocation of Virginia's Capital VS.4d - Money, Barter, and Credit VS.4e - Everyday Life in Colonial Virginia	Unit 2- Virginia in the American Revolution VS.5a - Reasons for the American Revolution VS.5b - American Revolution Era VS.5c - American Victory at Yorktown Unit 3 - The New Nation VS.6a - Washington and Madison VS.6b - Ideas of Mason and Jefferson VS.6c - Migration of Virginians into Western Territories	Unit 4 - The Civil War VS.7a - Events and Differences Leading to the Civil War VS.7b - Virginia's Roles in the Civil War VS.7c - Roles During the Civil War Unit 5 - Reconstruction in Virginia VS.8a - Effects of Reconstruction VS.8b - Segregation and Jim Crow VS.8c - Railroad, New Industries, and Cities Unit 6 - Virginia in the 20th & 21st Century VS.9a - Transition from Agricultural Society to Industrialized Society VS.9b - Women's Suffrage and the Great Depression	Unit 7 - Government in Virginia VS.10a - Three Branches of Virginia VS.10b - Major Products and Industries of Virginia VS.10c - Transportation, Communications, and Technology Unit 8 - Virginia in the 20th & 21st Century VS.9c - Desegregation & Massive Resistance VS.9d - 20th Century Virginians
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