1. Civics Education in the Virginia Standards of Learning

2. Virginia 2001 History and Social Science Standards of Learning:
Provide the framework for teachers and students to explore history and the social sciences.

7. The Curriculum Framework amplifies the Standards of Learning and defines the content knowledge, skills, and understandings that are measured by the Standards of Learning tests.

8. Teachers can use the Essential Questions to develop and frame the unit of study. Essential Knowledge provides the identified minimum content that all teachers should teach and all students should learn for the course assessment.

9. The Curriculum Framework amplifies the Standards of Learning and defines the content knowledge, skills, and understandings that are measured by the Standards of Learning tests.

10. Teachers can use the Essential Questions to develop and frame the unit of study. Essential Knowledge provides the identified minimum content that all teachers should teach and all students should learn for the course assessment.

11. The Enhanced Sample Scope and Sequence provides sample
instructional activities, sample assessments, follow-up extensions, and related resources.

12. Organizing Topics for Civics and Economics

13. Each topic has sessions and instructional activities to support the content of the Standards of Learning.

14. Each organizing topic has extension activities to support the content of the Standards of Learning.

15. Each organizing topic has sample assessments for students to review the content of the Standards of Learning.

16. Test Blueprints
The blueprints serve as a guide to teachers, parents, and students in that they show Standards of Learning covered by a test, reporting categories of test items, number of test items, and general information about how the test questions are constructed.

17. The test development guidelines can be found at:
Teachers and students need to become familiar with the Test Development Guidelines.
The test development guidelines can be found at:
Blueprints03/

18. Civics and Economics Blueprint Summary Table

19. Enhanced Scope and Sequence Test Blueprints
The Virginia Department of Education offers online resources for teachers, students, and parents.
Standards of Learning
Curriculum Framework
Enhanced Scope and Sequence
Test Blueprints
Documents of American History
Civics Education Instructional Resources
Teacher Resource Catalogue

20. Go to: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/

21. Look for the blue SOL

22. History and Social Science Standards of Learning Resources.
Scroll down to
History and Social Science Standards of Learning Resources.

23. History and Social Science Standards of Learning Resources include the Curriculum Framework, the Enhanced Scope and Sequence, and Test Blueprints.

24. Documents of American History

25. Documents of American History

30. Documents in the Teacher Resource Catalogue

38. Code of Virginia - Character Education

39. Code of Virginia - Character Education

40. If you have any questions please contact us.
Betsy Barton
Joel Dexter
Beverly Thurston