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Standards of Learning
This webquest addresses the following Virginia Standards of Learning for History for Fourth Grade"
SOL 4.4:
- The student will describe the social and political life of Virginians between the Revolutionary War and the end of the Civil War, with emphasis on:
- contributions of Virginians to the establishment of the U.S. Constitutions and Bill of Rights and the success of the new national government;
- conflicts between northern and southern states and within Virginia, including Nat Turner's Rebellion, and events leading to secession; and
- Virginia's role in the Civil War, including major battles and leaders in the Confederate army, including Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
Suggestions for using this webquest
- There are many topics in this webquest. You could assign topics to individual students, have students work in pairs, or a mixture of both. Some of the more involved topics such as Women in the Civil War or Life in the Civil War may be more complete if assigned to pairs of students or students who are more familiar with the topics and are more skilled in using HyperStudio.
- Biographies are generally easier topics - especially for Students with Disabilities or English for Speakers of Other Languages Students. Starred links are to sites with easier reading levels.
- The following pdf files are worksheets that have questions similar to the ones on the advise page. They may be printed and given to the students to guide their work at the teacher's discretion.
- If you or your students are not comfortable creating a HyperStudio Stack from scratch, you may download the following template.
(Mac Directions - Hold down the mouse button on the link until the pop-up menu appears. Select Save this Link as... Save to your desktop or file. Open HyperStudio. Then open the stack. )
(Windows Directions - Right Click on the link. Save Link As.. Save to your desktop or file. Open HyperStudio. Then open the stack. )
A Unit Lesson Plan - This is an integrated lesson plan from Small Planet. It includes suggestions for reading and writing activities, genre study of historical fiction, suggested trade books and enrichment activities.
