VS.4 Overview
Colonization and Conflict: 1607 through the American Revolution
The student will demonstrate knowledge of life in the Virginia colony by
- explaining the importance of agriculture and its influence on the institution of slavery;
- describing how European (English, Scotch-Irish, German) immigrants, Africans, and American Indians (First Americans) influenced the cultural landscape and changed the relationship between the Virginia colony and England;
- explaining how geography influenced the relocation of Virginia's capital from Jamestown to WIlliamsburg to Richmond;
- describing how money, barter, and credit were used.
LITERATURE RESOURCES
Brenner, Barbara.
If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days. New York: Scholastic, 2000.
If you lived in Colonial Williamsburg more than 200 years ago, what would your house look like? What sports and games would you play? This book tells what it was like to live in Williamsburg during colonial times.
Kalman, Bobbie.
A Colonial Town: Williamsburg (The Historic Communities Series). Crabtree Publishers, 1992.
This book takes the reader back in time to Colonial Williamsburg and describes historical buildings, events, and people.
Nixon, Joan.
Ann’s Story: 1747 (Young Americans: Colonial Williamsburg). Delacorte Press, 2000.
Ann McKenzie lives in Williamsburg with family and friends and recounts her life as a nine year old growing up in a busy household.
Nixon, Joan.
John’s Story: 1775 (Young Americans: Colonial Williamsburg). Delacorte Press, 2000.
Set in 1775, eleven-year-old John Nicholas tells about his life in Colonial Williamsburg at the time when England and the colonists are disagreeing on many issues.
Tripp, Valerie.
Meet Felicity: an American Girl. Pleasant Co., 1991.
In Williamsburg in 1774, nine-year-old Felicity rescues a beautiful horse that is being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.
Tripp, Valerie.
Changes for Felicity: a Winter Story. Pleasant Co., 1992.
The outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775 brings drastic changes to Felicity's life in Williamsburg, affecting both her family and her friendship with Elizabeth.
Waters, Kate.
Mary Geddy's Day. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.
Mary Geddy, a ten-year-old in Williamsburg in 1776, is excited about the colony of Virginia's vote for independence, but sad that her best friend, whose father is loyal to the crown, will be moving back to England.
TEACHER BACKGROUND RESOURCES
http://www.vahistorical.org/storyofvirginia.htm
The Virginia Historical Society created this Web
site based on its long-term exhibition, The Story of Virginia: An
American Experience. The site features ten
easy-to-read, detailed chapters on Virginia history from prehistoric
times to the present. Additional enhancements, such as 100
downloadable images of artifacts, photographs, paintings, and
documents from the collections, Standards of Learning references,
chapter outlines, and suggested classroom activities, make this a comprehensive Web site on Virginia history. The site is completely searchable and includes numerous links to other
resources on the Web. The Story of Virginia-Online provides
teachers,
students, scholars, and history enthusiasts with a complete resource
for projects, research, and classroom instruction.
