USII.6    The student will apply social science skills to understand the social, economic, and technological changes of the early twentieth century byc)   examining art, literature, and music from the 1920s and 1930s, with emphasis on Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Georgia O’Keeffe, and the Harlem Renaissance; andd)         analyzing the causes of the Great Depression, its impact on Americans, and the major features of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New DealRead the “Letters from the Boxcar Boys & Girls,” the true stories of teenagers who rode the rails during the Great Depression.  After reviewing the stories, write your own journal entry of a day as a teenager riding the rails during the Depression.  Use the website: http://erroluys.com/letter1.html

USII.6    The student will apply social science skills to understand the social, economic, and technological changes of the early twentieth century byd)   analyzing the causes of the Great Depression, its impact on Americans, and the major features of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.Students will visit the website https://www.mission-us.org/pages/landing-mission-5 to complete an online simulation in order to write their "Up from the Dust" Diary.  The diary includes prompts and questions.

Great activity on what makes a swamp a swamp. This activity will also allow students to learn about the swamp that is located in Virginia and North Carolina. This activity is designed to have students use technology, conduct research, and create a Google Slides presentation.

The student will apply social science skills to understand how the nation grew and changed from the end of Reconstruction through the early twentieth century by e) evaluating and explaining the social and cultural impact of industrialization, including rapid urbanization; Great Migration.

 Learn about the greater impact of wildlife patients at the Wildlife Center of Virginia. Every patient is offered state-of-the-art veterinary medical care; some are treated and released, while others may be too seriously injured to recover. Every single animal has a story to share, a story that illustrates the wider problems wildlife face—litter, pesticides, free-roaming domestic animals, habitat loss, and diseases. Even patients that don’t make it live on by helping us shape our conservation education and research as we challenge people of all ages to take action to protect wildlife. More About This Resource  For more information and classroom activities, please visit The Wildlife Center of Virginia and VPM UNTAMED  websites.

Comparing and Ordering Numbers to 999Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

Who were the Ancient Greeks? Explore more about the Ancient Greeks and what they valued as a society in this Interactive Exploration.

This resource consists of two different types of looking, thinking and learning activities. These activities call on students' observation and critical thinking skills as they closely examine selected objects from Ancient Greece. The activities explore the themes of mythology, religion, sport, and trade.

The "Look at This" activities provide close-up views with guiding questions and background information. Students will learn more about what the ancient Greeks valued as a society.

The "Surprise Me" activities offer pop-up hot spots on selected objects to reveal intriguing information about Greek religion, gods, goddesses, trade, sport and mythology. Students will investigate how these objects relate to Greek religion and human need for protection from harm and healing from disease and injury.

This assignment is a review fo the Greece unit.  It allows students to use their notes for an in depth review of the materials taugh in the unit of Ancient Greece.  It could also be used as an alternative assessment.

This lesson will help students understand that Greek mythology was based on a polytheistic religion that was integral to culture, politics, and art in ancient Greece.  Students will see examples  of Western civilization’s symbols, metaphors, words, and idealized images which come from ancient Greek mythology.  The students will search for the names and area of influence for Greek gods and goddesses, and they will create a project which illustrates their understanding of the role of a Greek god or goddess.  Students will need Chromebooks, Ipads or other devices by which they can access the Internet.  

Using the Green Screen app, students will create short theatrical scenes to experience how Green Screens can be used to enhance a theatrical budget.

Build your own miniature "greenhouse" out of a plastic container and plastic wrap, and fill it with different things such as dirt and sand to observe the effect this has on temperature. Monitor the temperature using temperature probes and digitally plot the data on the graphs provided in the activity.

Explore how the Earth's atmosphere affects the energy balance between incoming and outgoing radiation. Using an interactive model, adjust realistic parameters such as how many clouds are present or how much carbon dioxide is in the air, and watch how these factors affect the global temperature.

Make your own miniature greenhouse and measure the light levels at different "times of day"--modeled by changing the angle of a lamp on the greenhouse--using a light sensor. Next, investigate the temperature in your greenhouse with and without a cover. Learn how a greenhouse works and how you can regulate the temperature in your model greenhouse.

French I
Greetings and Partings
Greetings between friends and relatives vary from region to region in France. Students watch 6 videos (transcriptions are available)
-A formal greeting
-Greeting a close friend
-Visiting a close friend
-Did you have a good trip?
-Did you sleep well?
-So, goodbye

In this lesson, students will code a robot to move on a grid toward certain objectives.

Students will practice writing out code in a step-by-step manner and get familiar with debugging.

An online German grammar reference, featuring zany post-modern Grimm's fairy tale characters, authoritative grammar explanations, self-correcting exercises, online audio and cartoon images.

This lesson will allow students to add and subtract with decimals, as well as use estimation, using a practical application.

Investigating integers Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom. 

This lesson is geared towards Kindergarten students.  It incorporates the plant unit in science, reinforcing what plants need in order to grow and survive.  Students will code a path for the groundhog to pick up what he needs to grow a garden.