Students describe contributions of Virginians during the Revolutionary War. They analyze the impact of geography on people and opinions toward independence in colonial Virginia. GeoInquiries are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks.

Students identify Virginia's major agricultural products and where they are grown with an online GIS. The They will explain the effects of agriculture on Virginia's economy. Contains links for primary source data related to Virginia agriculture. GeoInquiries are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks.

Students explore ways that everyday Virginians challenged Jim Crow in the Commonwealth by identifying different types of segregation during Jim Crow Virginia and analyze how the Green Book and other Virginians stood up to segregation. GeoInquiries are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks.

Students will explore the size, location, and land uses within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. They will predict the influence of several factors on water quality in the Bay including impervious surfaces, volume of water, vegetation, and cropland. GeoInquiries are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks.

Students will describe the location of Virginia's coal industry, explain how transportation supports economic development, and explain the interdependence of trade for coal shipped through Virginia ports. GeoInquiries are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks.

Through the process of acquiring geographic information, students learn the practice of asking geographic questions and developing reasoned responses. Using local geographies and/or taking students out into the community offer multipe strategies for doing geography. Ideas presented were mostly introduced in APHG Academies that have been sponsored by the VGA, NCGE meetings, AP Annual Conferences, workshops, and through collaboration with colleagues. This collection is intended to help get new teachers started or to move others to grow their curriculum and enhance the experiences of their students and build geographic skills by promoting the inclusion of local geographies into classrooms and through personal observation and data collection in local environments.

Students learn about Virginia major population centers during three different historical periods. They will practice using grids and cardinal directions to locate places, analyze change over time, and discuss topics such as the census (source of data), distribution of resources in the state, and implications of changes in population for political representation at various levels of
government.

This article from the Virginia Geographer assists teachers to understand Virginia's physical geography and given overviews of each of its five natural regions. The main elemenst of physical geography (landform regions and drainage systems, climate, vegetation, and wildlife) are all interrelated and combine to make Virginia and each of its regions unique places. In addition they influence the human geography of the Commonwealth, past and present.

Through the process of acquiring geographic information, students learn the practice of asking geographic questions and developing reasoned responses. Using local geographies and/or taking students out into the community offer multipe strategies for doing geography. Ideas presented were mostly introduced in APHG Academies that have been sponsored by the VGA, NCGE meetings, AP Annual Conferences, workshops, and through collaboration with colleagues. This collection is intended to help get new teachers started or to move others to grow their curriculum and enhance the experiences of their students and build geographic skills by promoting the inclusion of local geographies into classrooms and through personal observation and data collection in local environments.

Presentation by Melina Patterson on urban geography topics and shared the results of some of her latest research dealing with issues of race, ethnicity, segregation, redlining, revitalization and gentrification in Richmond VA.

Lecture notes on presentation from an international development professional with a focus on women's empowerrment, clean water, and agriculture.