Encyclopedia Virginia Lesson Plans Created by Graduate Students Old Dominion University Presenters: Kathy Lehman, Karen Perry, and Matthew Gibson with students in LIBS 676: Library Media Services and the Curriculum

What is Encyclopedia Virginia? Matthew gives overview of the web site. Add slides or use the title link to go live and click on features.

Lesson Plan Template Karen Perry explains how we designed the template beginning with samples from Ency VA . Live link to the template in title. Then introduces first student, Kristina Jameson Jones.

Native Americans by Kristina Jones Essential Question: What was life like for Early Virginia Indians? Enduring Understanding: Early Virginia Indians had a culture of their own. They had their own customs and way of life. They used natural resources and lived off their land. Objective(s): Draw conclusions and make generalizations. (VS.1d) Interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives. (VS.1g) Kristina will give an overview of her lesson and demonstrate the links to Encyclopedia Virginia included in her lesson plan. Click on the title to go to the lesson plan in Google Docs. Kristina, update your new married name!!

Student worksheets _ Native Americans Brochure assignment and rubric Works Cited template Peer evaluation form

Research on Colonial Life - Susan Burge and Tricia Brdecka Formative Assessment: Sort Sheet Susan will be presenting Saturday only. As Karen’s student, Karen can give a brief overview of the lesson on Friday

Inquiry-based Learning Activities Anticipatory Set: Instructional Activities: Mini-lesson by LMS on primary and secondary sources. Instruction by social studies teacher on analyzing artifacts found in Artifact Boxes, completing graphic organizer, and drawing conclusions. Formative Assessment - Sort

Inquiry-based Learning Materials Mini-lesson: Artifact Boxes: Secondary Source Documents Primary Source Documents

Civil War Timeline - Laura Provencio Battle of Bull Run Battle of Fredericksburg Union blockade of southern ports Burning of Richmond Appomattox Court House Laura’s slide. Title links to full lesson plan.

Civil War Timeline - Lesson 1 Prior knowledge - brainstorming & gist statements Model - note taking on graphic organizer using Encyclopedia VA Timeline Organizer Independent note taking

Civil War Timeline, Lesson 2 Intro - timeline concept; cut & paste Timeline tool Text & Images

Civil War Timeline - Differentiation & Assessment Support - word bank of search terms for Encyclopedia VA, read aloud of articles, sentence frames for note taking Extend - choose additional events for the timeline Exit ticket - order & match events; identify another area to research using Encyclopedia VA Timeline Rubric

Reconstruction Nicole Hagermann 11th Grade US and Virginia History Essential Question: What were the consequences of the war and Reconstruction? Enduring Understanding: The Civil War and Reconstruction resulted in Southern resentment toward the North and Southern African Americans, and ultimately political, economic, and social control of the South returned to whites. The economic and political gains of former slaves proved to be temporary. Group Primary Source links Directions for groups Nicole’s slide with links to full lesson plan and student sheets.

Segregation - Susan Matney Unit Title: “Do you see what I see” Essential Question: What are some effects of segregation on American society? Essential Knowledge: Separate educational facilities and resources for white and African American students; separate public facilities; social isolation of races Enduring Understanding: The Civil Rights Movement resulted in legislation that ensured constitutional rights to all citizens of the United States regardless of race. Photograph Analysis Sheet Susan’s slide. Green links go to Google Doc files. Susan presents on FRiday. Kathy briefly describes lesson on Saturday

Credits Encyclopedia Virginia Link to photo credits ODU Library Science Dept

Presenters Kathy Lehman, adjunct faculty ODU, klehman@odu.edu Karen Perry, adjunct faculty ODU, kperry@odu.edu Matthew Gibson, editor, Encyclopedia Virginia, msg2d@virginia.edu Susan Burge, sburg001@odu.edu Susan Matney, smatn001@odu.edu Kristina Jones, kjame@odu.edu Laura Provencio, provenll@pwcs.edu Nicole Hagermann; nhage001@odu.edu Tricia Brdecka, tbredecka@nps.k12.va.us