By Miss O. 4th Grade VA Studies
History and Social Science Standards of Learning
Scope and Sequence Lesson Plans for
1877
Enhanced
United States History to
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Called the people
he found in the
lands he
(discovered)
explored
“Indians,”
because he
thought he was
in the Indies
(near China).
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Reigning monarch of
England.
Called the “virgin” queen
, because she never
married.
Walter Raleigh named
the new land Virginia
after the queen for
England.
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Walter Raleigh sent
settlers from England
to Virginia to set up a
colony at Roanoke
(now NC).
The Colony failed.
All that was left was
the word “Croatan”
carved in a tree.
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Such as arrowheads,
pottery, and other
tools that have been
found tell a lot about
the people who lived
in Virginia.
Algonquian language
spoken in the Tidewater.
Tribe to remember the
Powhatan Indians.
Algonquian language
spoken by the Indians.
This is the Algonquian
group!
Siouan language
spoken in the
Piedmont. Tribe to
remember the
Monacan Indians.
Siouan language
spoken by the
Indians.
This is the Siouan
group!
Iroquoian language
spoken in the
southwest. Tribe to
remember the
Cherokee Indians.
Iroquoian language
spoken by the Indians.
This is the Iroquoian
group!
D
Algonquian language spoken in the
Tidewater.
A
Tribe to remember: the Powhatan
Indians.
D
Algonquian language spoken by the
Indians.
A
D
This is the Algonquian group.
D
Siouan language spoken in the
Piedmont.
A
Tribe to remember, the Monacan
Indians.
D
Siouan language spoken by the
Indians.
A
D
This is the Siouan group.
D
Iroquoian language spoken in
the southwest.
A
Tribe to remember: the
Cherokee Indians.
D
Iroquoian language spoken by
the Indians.
A D
This is the Iroquoian group.
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Virginia’s American
Indians interacted
(worked with) the
climate and the
environment to meet
their basic needs.
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Relatively mild with
distinct seasons
(which result in a
variety of
vegetation)
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Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
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Forests, which
have a variety of
trees, cover
most of the
land.
Virginia’s
Indians are
referred to as
Eastern
Woodland
Indians.
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Saplings and leaves
Twigs and sticks
Cardboard
Brown pipe cleaners
Pieces of
fur/leather/cotton balls
Rubber bands
Rope
Bark pieces
Shoe boxes
The kinds of foods they ate, the clothing they
wore, and the shelters they had depended
upon the seasons.
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the seasons.
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VA Native Americans hunted
birds and animals and lived
on stored foods from the
previous fall.
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VA Native
Americans
hunted,
 fished,
 and picked
berries.
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VA Native
Americans grew
crops
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C = corn
B = beans
S = squash
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VA Native Americans
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harvested crops
Hunted for foods to preserve
and keep for the winter
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Animal skins (deerskin)
were used for clothing.
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Made from materials
around them.
Longhouses
1.
2.
3.
Each student will get 2 paper
plates.
On 1 paper plate, draw lines on it
to make 4 parts on it.
In each part, write the name of the
season (winter, fall, spring, or
summer) and list the ways that the
Native Americans would get their
food during each season. (Use
your notes!)
Virginia has state recognized tribes
There are 8 of them—now get the vibe
Chick-Chick-Chickahominy that is first
East Chickahominy—excitement to burst
Mattaponi that a river names
Nansemond tribe—claim to fame
Pamunkey tribe, please don’t forget
Rappahannock –not done yet
Upper Mattaponi picked berries for pie
Monacan tribe—don’t ask me why…
These are the Virginia state recognized tribes!
Word!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Upper Mattaponi
Chickahominy
Mattaponi
Eastern Chickahominy
Monacan
Nansemond
 Color each box and the
Rappahannock
arrow with a tribe
Pamunkey
name a different color
on your map!
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Capital city =
Werowocomoco
Included most of
the tribes in the
Coastal Plain
region of Virginia
(Pamunkey and
Mattaponi, etc.)
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Largest Indian town
used by Indian leaders
for several hundred
years BEFORE the
English came.
In 1607, when the
settlers arrived it was
the headquarters for the
leader of Powhatan.
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Documented by
Jamestown settlers in
1608.
Rediscovered in 1977!
Excavations at the site
since 2003 have
revealed evidence of a
large village, including
two 200-foot (61 m)long, curved, earthwork
ditches built 1,000 feet
(300 m) from the river
bank about 1400, two
hundred years before
English settlement.[3]
Three
Language
Groups of
Virginia
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What language was spoken in the Coastal
Plain?
Three
Language
Groups of
Virginia
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What language was spoken in the Piedmont?
Three
Language
Groups of
Virginia
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What language was spoken in the southern
regions of Virginia?
Three
Language
Groups of
Virginia
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What tribe lived in the southern regions
(orange) of Virginia?
Three
Language
Groups of
Virginia
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What tribe lived in the Piedmont region of
Virginia?
Three
Language
Groups of
Virginia
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What tribe lived in the Coastal Plain region of
Virginia?
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A. Artifacts
B. Archaeologists
C. Werowocomoco
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A. Tribes
B. Archaeologists
C. Scientists
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A. Eastern Plains Indians
B. Eastern Woodland
Indians
C. Southern Indians
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Season
Stores
Weather
Trading with settlers
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Buffalo skin
Deer skin
Cloth
Leaves
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A. Natural resources
B. Bricks
C. Buffalo skin
D. Clay
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Wereowompan
Werowocomoco
Richmond
Siouan
Audience’s Job:
Draw a web with at
least 8 different
parts with key
words or ideas that
you hear or learn
about from the
Reader’s Theater.
VA Native
Americans