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Virginia History Sites

• National Standards for U.S. History K-4
  • http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/usk4ch3.htm
  • http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/usk4ch2.htm
• Virginia's Indians, Past and Present
  • http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vaindians.htm
• Historic Mount Vernon
  • http://www.mountvernon.org
• Educational Resources at Colonial Williamsburg
  • http://www.history.org/other/teaching/tchinfo.htm#Classroom
• Papers of James Madison
  • http://www.virginia.edu/pjm/biog.html
• Patrick Henry
  • http://www.inmind.com/schools/lessons/PatrickHenry/index.html
• Biography of George Wythe
  • http://www.history.org/people/bios/biowythe.htm
• A Brief History of Jamestown, VA
  • http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/SocialConstruction/Jamestown.html
• Jamestown Society
  • http://www.jamestowne.org/history.htm
• Civil War: Geography of Virginia
  • http://geog.gmu.edu/gess/classes/geog380/civwar.html
• George Washington
  • http://www.history.org/people/bios/biowash2.htm
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
  • http://www.civnet.org/resoures/teach/basic/part7/42.htm
• Virginia Declaration of Rights
  • http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt006.html
• Jefferson
  • http://scs.student.virginia.edu/~jefflds/jefferson.html
  • http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/religi.htm
  • http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/
• Religion in Early Virginia
  • http://www.history.org/life/religion/religionhdr.htm
• George Mason Virtual Tour
  • http://admissions.gmu.edu/vtour/mason.html
• Teaching about Jamestown
  • http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/dept/cise/soc/resources/jvc/unit/econ/home.html
• Royal Charters
  • http://www.jamestowne.org/royalc.htm