The History of Early Virginia

THE HISTORY OF

EARLY VIRGINIA

Hello and welcome to our web site about the history of the state of Virginia. The information to be learned here relates to the Virginia Standard of Learning VS.2.

VS.2 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the geography and early inhabitants of Virginia by

locating Virginia and its bordering states on maps of the United States;
locating and describing Virginia's Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau;
locating and identifying water features important to the early history of Virginia (Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, James River, York River, Potomac River, and Rappahannock River);
locating three American Indian (First American) language groups (the Algonquian, the Siouan, and the Iroquoian) on a map of Virginia;
describing how American Indians (First Americans) adapted to the climate and their environment to secure food, clothing, and shelter.

To learn more about the early people of Virginia, visit these links.

To learn more about Virginia's bodies of water click here.

To learn more about Virginia's geographic regions, click here.

This webunit was created by Meghan Burke, Brooke McKiernan and Kathryn Shaw, former Education students at the University of Richmond. They completed the original version of this document as a project for EDUC 343: Computers in the Elementary Classroom, during the spring semester of 1998.

Assistance for this project was provided by Dr. Patricia Stohr-Hunt. She has maintained and revised this document as an interactive resource for educators, students and parents. All inquiries and comments regarding this document should be mailed to her at the following address: pstohrhu@richmond.edu

Teachers may adapt this lesson for classroom use only or per variations that have been suggested. The reproduction of any portion of this site for an entire school or school system is strictly prohibited. No part of this publication may be transmitted, stored, recorded or published in any form without written permission from the course instructor. Modifications, updates and changes to the actual site by making adaptations to create a new genre, theme or grade level, in which a new site is developed for publication to the WWW, must be approved by the instructor. Appropriate citations and links to the original document must be included within the new site. For more information please contact Patricia Stohr-Hunt.

Books:

Deal, J.D. (1981) Race and Class in Colonial Virginia:Indians, Englishmen, and Africans on the Eastern Shore during the seventeenth century. University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Egloff, K., and Woodward, D. (1992) First People: The Early Indians of Virginia. Department of Historic Resources, USA.

Gleach, F.W.(1997) Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia: A Conflict of Cultures. University of Nebraska Press: USA.

Isaac, R. (1982) The Transformation of Virginia. University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill.

Indians of Virginia. Commonwealth Studies Program, Virginia Department of Education. Silver Burdett and Company.

Land and People of Virginia (1983), Fairfax County Public Schools, Field Test Edition.

The Story of Virginia (1983), Commonwealth Studies Program, Virginia Department of Education. Silver Burdett Company.

Virginia USA Teaching Guide, Silver Burdett Ginn, 1997.

Web Sites:

Rankohus Indian Reservation