Through the process of acquiring geographic information, students learn the practice of …
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.
In computer science a condition is a statement that is only applied under certain conditions. …
In computer science a condition is a statement that is only applied under certain conditions. This can be related to cause and effetc.This lesson/activity is used to demonstrate cause and effect relationships while integrating computer science.Student will use the Historical Conditionals handout to add in an event, then add a condition (cause), then the result(effect). Students will also add a different condition (cause) and predict the new result as based on the new condition
This is a playlist that contains 5 videos that are designed to …
This is a playlist that contains 5 videos that are designed to help Middle and High School music teachers incorporate Appalachian music and dance into the curriculum. It was produced by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with staff from the VDOE.
Students learn about Virginia major population centers during three different historical periods. …
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 dynamic exhibition features artwork and artifacts that portray the spirit of …
This dynamic exhibition features artwork and artifacts that portray the spirit of Virginia - its past, its present, its landscape, and its people. The Art Experience at the Executive Mansion was designed in collaboration with artists, museums, and curators throughout the Commonwealth to educate, excite and inspire those who visit. The exhibition highlights works from a mix of genres and mediums with particular focus on Virginia artists and themes. It is a living display which will evolve and change over time as additional works of art become available and as different parts of the Virginia story become the focus.
This article from the Virginia Geographer assists teachers to understand Virginia's physical …
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.
Students will examine the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation on the lives …
Students will examine the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation on the lives of formerly enslaved people in Virginia. Students will analyze primary and secondary sources to gain context and knowledge about how the Emancipation Proclamation impacted individuals lives directly. Students will develop inquiries and questions about the experiences and history that they learn about through these learning activities.
This is a learning module that uses data to investigate the relationships …
This is a learning module that uses data to investigate the relationships between voter turnout and demographic characteristics such as race, age, income and education.
This lesson is an extension off of the lesson CS 7.8 - …
This lesson is an extension off of the lesson CS 7.8 - Calling All Voters!. In the previous lesson, students used actual data to test a model and compare the results. In this lesson, they will take it a step further, and modify the model to be more accurate.
This is a description of voting on a national level. It will …
This is a description of voting on a national level. It will Identify ways the U.S. government has promoted voter rights and registration. It will also analyze the factors that typically affect a voter’s decision.
This is a description of voting on a national level. It will …
This is a description of voting on a national level. It will Identify ways the U.S. government has promoted voter rights and registration. It will also analyze the factors that typically affect a voter’s decision. *Remixed to include questions (and answer key) to reinforce students' understanding of the text.
In this activity, students will analyze a primary source document to find …
In this activity, students will analyze a primary source document to find relevant historical data and measure the degree of agreement and disagreement during the Constitutional Convention.
This is a description of voting on a national level. It will …
This is a description of voting on a national level. It will Identify ways the U.S. government has promoted voter rights and registration. It will also analyze the factors that typically affect a voter’s decision. Remix made to make it easier to understand.
The WPSA Annual Meeting will be hed on March 28 - 30, …
The WPSA Annual Meeting will be hed on March 28 - 30, 2013, at the Loew's Hotel, Hollywood, CA. The theme for the event is: "The Empire Strkes Back!." Democratic governance, and its triumph over fascism and state-socialism, have long been facilitated by the ability of capitalism to “reform itself” or, more precisely, to reconcile itself to the modest regulation imposed by popular rule. Regulations and reforms established more than a century ago in the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and expanded from time to time in the 40 years that followed, constrained the exploitation of workers, prevented banks from gambling with the economic system, broke up monopolies, restricted unfair labor practices, and established a social safety net, and in so doing provided fertile ground for an unprecedented rate of economic growth, improvement in human conditions, and the establishment of a large and productive middle class. The stability that followed—and the spread or co-occurrence of this approach (with variation and modifications) in the other industrialized democracies of the world—forestalled the emergence of fascism in the U.S. and simultaneously pushed back against the spread of state-socialism in Europe and beyond.Since the passage of the Taft Hartley Act in 1947, the US has seen steady erosion in those protections. Workers in the US and Europe bear a greater and greater burden for the social goods provided by their society and receive fewer and fewer benefits while those who have benefitted most from the triumph of capitalism have begun to knock down the reforms achieved in the 20th Century. Hopes of spreading the improved human condition to the global south have foundered on a reconstructed mercantilist and neo-colonial international trade regime that has resulted in exploitation of workers in lesser-developed nations and vast environmental degradation.Is democracy up to this challenge? Can the free-market global economy again be brought into line with the goals of improving the conditions of humanity? Are our institutions, nation-states, international compacts, and ways of thinking up to this challenge, or will the latter part of the 21st Century more closely resemble the late 19th than the late 20th? While the WPSA welcomes proposals on all political and governmental questions of interest to the discipline, in 2013, we would like to pay particular attention to domestic and international inequality, its causes and its consequences, and whether democratic institutions are up to the task of addressing either.
The war in Vietnam has been described as the war America watched …
The war in Vietnam has been described as the war America watched from their living rooms. Images of combat and American GIs were projected through our TV screens and across our newspapers daily. During the war in Vietnam, the American military gave the press unprecedented freedom of access to combat zones. This allowed newspaper reporters and photographers and television crews to document a war involving American sons and daughters on the other side of the world. This willingness to allow documentation of the war was also extended to the military's own photographers. Between 1962 and 1975, military photographers for the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force took millions of photographs of the American conflict in Vietnam. Almost a quarter of a million of these images are now located at the National Archives. These photographs serve publishers, historians, and students who want to learn more about Vietnam. They include images of almost every aspect of the war.
The goal of this exercise is to consider the impact of the …
The goal of this exercise is to consider the impact of the War on Terror in the global arena. We will also learn more about terrorism, generally. Crosstabulations and frequency tables will be used.
Students will learn about The Water Walker, Josephine Mandamin, and discuss and …
Students will learn about The Water Walker, Josephine Mandamin, and discuss and research topics related to the protection of our water sources. Students will then take their research and consider how advancements in technology over the past 50 years (specifically transportation and and business (shipping, manufacturing) have impacted the local water supplies.This lesson was created through a partnership between CodeVA and the Virginia Tribal Education Consortium (VTEC).
Students will explain ways in which innovations in communication have changed the …
Students will explain ways in which innovations in communication have changed the ways in which people live, work, and interact. Students will explore how prevalent methods of communication are in our lives, and determine the methods they commonly use, both plugged and unplugged. Students will then become innovators and design improvements to a phone or computer that could improve people’s lives in the future.
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