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USI.1 The student will develop skills for historical and geographical analysis.
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USI.2 The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, and tables to locate geographic features.
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USI.3The student will demonstrate knowledge of how early cultures developed in North America.
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USI.4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of European exploration in North America and West Africa.
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USI.5The student will demonstrate knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America.
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USI.6The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes and results of the American Revolution.
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USI.7The student will demonstrate knowledge of the challenges faced by the new nation.
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USI.8The student will demonstrate knowledge of westward expansion and reform in America from 1801 to 1861.
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USI.9The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes, major events, and effects of the Civil War.
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USI.10The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of Reconstruction on American life.
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Objective:

USI.1 The student will develop skills for historical and geographical analysis, including the ability to

  • identify and interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase understanding of events and life in United States history to 1877;
  • make connections between the past and the present;
  • sequence events in United States history from pre-Columbian times to 1877;
  • interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives;
  • evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing;
  • analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and historical events;
  • distinguish between parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude;
  • interpret patriotic slogans and excerpts from notable speeches and documents.

SOL Review

  

Interactive Activities

 

 1. Latitude and Longitude Word Document

Study Guides/Research

 

  

SMARTboard Activities

1. Continent SOL Review Notebook (Zipped-use Firefox)

2. Landforms SOL Review Notebook (Zipped-use Firefox)

3. SOL USI.1 Sequencing Events Notebook

Powerpoints

 

 
Kidspiration Templates  
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles  

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Objective:

USI.2 The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, and tables to

  • locate the seven continents;
  • locate and describe the location of the geographic regions of North America: Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Canadian Shield, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Basin and Range, and Coastal Range;
  • locate and identify the water features important to the early history of the United States: Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Ohio River, Columbia River, Colorado River, Rio Grande, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico.

SOL Review

1. 20 Question SOL Test USI.2 test that shows percentage grade as you proceed through the test

2. Continents Hangman Game

3. Oceans & Geography Test

4. Matching Regions SOL Game

5. SOL USI.2 Jeopardy Game for 1 or 2 players

6. Ordered List of Continents Match the numbers to the continents on the map

7. Continents Matching Game SOL Continent practice

8. Geographic Regions of North America Millionaire Game with map of regions

9. Ordered List of Regions North American Regions

10. Millionaire Game on regions Vocabulary & descriptions

11. Rivers Matching Game SOL

12. Double Jeopardy SOL Game

13. 20 Question Test

14. Number the regions Game

15. SOL US1.2 Pictures of 8 regions 29 questionTest

16. Matching Game

Interactive Activities

 

  

Study Guides/Research

 

1. Download 8 regions of North America Adobe PDF document

2. SOL USI.2 Regions Web outline in Adobe PDF

3. SOL Geographic Regions Web outline in PDF

4. Major Bodies of Water Web outline in PDF

5. SOL Water Features Web outline in PDF

SMARTboard Activities

1. Regions, Native Americans and Explorers Review Notebook (Zipped file-use Firefox)

2. SOL USI.2-5 Review (Zipped file-use Firefox)

3. Senteo (SMART Response) SOL Test

4. Senteo SOL Assessment 1 Test

5. SOL Senteo Test (Zipped-use Firefox)

6. USI.2 abc Senteo Review (Zipped-use Firefox)

Powerpoints

1. Download US Geography PowerPoint Continents and Regions Teaching powerpoint with quiz at end

2. Download SOL Jeopardy PowerPoint Regions, continents, and rivers

3. Download Interactive PowerPoint Interactive Game covers the 8 regions

4. Download Geography PowerPoint

5. Download Regions instructional with great pictures for SOL 1.2

6. Download Hollywood Squares SOL US 1.2 region description questions
Kidspiration Templates 1. 8 Geographic Regions of USA (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Geography of the USA (19 min)
Lesson Plans  
Assessments & Strategies 1. USI.1 SOL Teaching Strategies Ideas for teaching strategies, continents, and rivers
Teacher Resources 1. Geography Clipart Geography


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Objective:

USI.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of how early cultures developed in North America by

  • locating where the American Indians (First Americans) settled, with emphasis on Arctic (Inuit), Northwest (Kwakiutl), Plains (Sioux), Southwest (Pueblo), and Eastern Woodland (Iroquois);
  • describing how the American Indians (First Americans) used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter.

SOL Review

1. Native American Groups Millionaire Game

2. American Indian Hangman Game

3. Matching Dwellings to Native American group Match the picture dwelling to the correct group

4. North American Patterns Multiple-choice quiz

5. Millionaire Game on American Indians Game

6. Native American SOL Jeopardy Game

7. Native Americans Hangman Game

8. 26 Question Test Multiple-choice

9. Native American Test 26 Questions

10. Geographic Regions & Native Americans Millionaire Game

11. Native American Groups Millionaire Game

Interactive Activities

 

  

Study Guides/Research

 

1. Location of American Indian groups Adobe PDF document

2. Geography & Climate Adobe PDF document

3. SOL Native American Study Guide Word Document

4. Lots of Kid Friendly Native American Links

SMARTboard Activities

1. USI. 3 SMARTboard Notebook Instructional Lesson

2. Regions, Native Americans and Explorers Review Notebook (Zipped file-use Firefox)

3. SOL USI.2-5 Review (Zipped file-use Firefox)

4. SOL USI.3 Inuit and Iroquois SMARTboard Notebook

5. Senteo SOL Native Americans Notebook

6. SOL 5.3 Senteo (SMART Response) Test

7. SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Assessment Test

8. First Americans SOL Instructional Lesson

9. Geography & First American SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Test

10. Native American SOL Senteo Test (zipped-use Firefox)

Powerpoints

1. Good Teaching Native American PowerPoint Pictures and information on different groups

2. Native American Jeopardy Game PowerPoint

3. US1.3 Review PowerPoint Information and pictures

 
Kidspiration Templates

1. Match Native American tribes to shelters (Picture Preview)

2. Drag tribe to the location where they lived (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Biomes: Land of the Inuit (55min.)
Lesson Plans 1. Native American Project in Word
Assessments & Strategies  
Teacher Resources  

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Objective:

USI.4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of European exploration in North America and West Africa by

  • describing the motivations, obstacles, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English explorations;
  • describing cultural interactions between Europeans and American Indians (First Americans) that led to cooperation and conflict;
  • identifying the location and describing the characteristics of West African societies (Ghana, Mali, and Songhai) and their interactions with traders.

SOL Review

1. Matching European Explorers Game

2. Early Explorer Matching Game

3. 25 Question SOL Quiz Multiple-choice test

4. 15 Question SOL Test Mutliple-choice quiz

5. Explorer Jeopardy Game

6. Matching Explorers SOL people

7. Explorers of North America Matching Game

8. Eight Question Quiz Multiple-choice

9. Explorer Millionaire Game

10. Matching Explorer Game

Interactive Activities

 

 1. Explorer Links for Kids

Study Guides /Research

 

1. Explorer Research information organized by country for which they explored

2. West Africa Information

3. Explorer Study Guide SOL Study Guide

4. Explorer Study Guide in Word

SMARTboard Activities

1. Regions, Native Americans and Explorers Review Notebook (Zipped file-use Firefox)

2. SOL USI.2-5 Review (Zipped file-use Firefox)

3. Senteo SOL Explorer Test (Zipped-use Firefox)

Powerpoints

1. Geography & Exploration SOL Jeopardy PowerPoint

2. Exploration Instructional Powerpoint

3. Explorer SOL PowerPoint

4. Explorer Jeopardy Game PowerPoint
Kidspiration Templates 1. Match explorers with countries and claimed land (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles

 
Lesson Plans 1. Online Lesson on USI.4
Assessments & Strategies  
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Objective:

USI.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America by

  • describing the religious and economic events and conditions that led to the colonization of America;
  • comparing and contrasting life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment;
  • describing colonial life in America from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, and slaves;
  • identifying the political and economic relationships between the colonies and England.

SOL Review

1. Colonial Regions 18 Multiple-choice Test

2. American Colonial Government & Policies Vocabulary Matching

3. Colonial Challenge Millionaire Game

4. 31 Question Test Fill in the blank

5. Colonial Millionaire Game

6. Colonial Test 10 multiple-choice

7. 8 Question Matching Game

8. Early Colonies Test 12 questions

9. Seven Question Test

Interactive Activities

 

 

Study Guides/Research

 

1. USI.5 Study Guides & Worksheet in Word

SMARTboard Activities

1. US 1.5 Colonial Instrustrion and Review Notebook Interactive Lesson

2. SOL USI.2-5 Review (Zipped file-use Firefox)

3. 13 Colonies Match states to USA map

4. Colonies Senteo SMARTboard Notebook

5. 13 Colonies match state names to state

6. 13 Colonies lesson matching

7. SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Assessment Test

8. Senteo SOL Test (Zipped-use Firefox)

Powerpoints

1. Colonial SOL Powerpoint Instructional PowerPoint

2. 13 Colonies Instructional New England, Middle and Southern Colonies PowerPoint

3. Roanoke-Jamestown Instructional PowerPoint

4. Colonial America SOL Jeopardy PowerPoint

 
Kidspiration Templates 1. Match the state names to the 13 colonies (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles  
Lesson Plans 1. USI. 5 Lesson Plan Ideas in Word
Assessments & Strategies  
Teacher Resources 1. 13 Colonies Map Printout

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Objective:

USI.6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes and results of the American Revolution by

  • identifying the issues of dissatisfaction that led to the American Revolution;
  • identifying how political ideas shaped the revolutionary movement in America and led to the Declaration of Independence, with emphasis on the ideas of John Locke;
  • describing key events and the roles of key individuals in the American Revolution, with emphasis on George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Paine;
  • explaining reasons why the colonies were able to defeat Britain.

SOL Review

1. Matching American Revolution Game

2. American Revolution Millionaire Game

3. American Revolution Key Events Matching Game

4. 33 Fill in the Blank Test

5. American Rev. Millionaire 2 Game

6. Millionaire Game on Am. Rev. Events

7. SOL USI.6 Matching Game

8. USI.6 SOL Millionaire Game

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Study Guides /Research

 

1. SOL Revolutionary War Study Guide in Word

SMARTboard Activities

1. Revolutionary War USI.6 SOL Review Notebook (Zipped file-use Firefox)

2. USI.6 Revolutionary War SMARTboard Notebook

3. SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Assessment Test

Powerpoints

1. American Revolution Powerpoint

2. Hollywood Squares American Revolution Review PowerPoint

3. American Revolution & New Nation Jeopardy SOL PowerPoint

4. USI. 6 20 Questions Review PowerPoint

Kidspiration Templates 1. Revolutionary War Compare Continental vs. British (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles

1. The Revolutionary War: The War and a New Nation (20 min)

2. Six Revolutionary War Figures (15 min)

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Assessments & Strategies  
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Objective:

USI.7 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the challenges faced by the new nation by

  • identifying the weaknesses of the government established by the Articles of Confederation;
  • identifying the basic principles of the new government established by the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights;
  • identifying the conflicts that resulted in the emergence of two political parties;
  • describing the major accomplishments of the first five presidents of the United States.

SOL Review

1. Hamiliton vs. Jefferson 10 Multiple-choice test

2. Issues & Events Faced by first 5 Presidents 10 Multiple-choice test

3. Articles of Confederation & Bill of Rights 24 Multiple-choice test

4. 47 Fill in the blank Test

5. Matching Test

Interactive Activities

 

  

Study Guides /Research

 

1. Historical Documents Ben's Guide for Kids

2. National vs. State Government Ben's Guide for Kids

3. SOL Consitution Study Guide in Word

4. SOL 5 Presidents Study Guide in Word

SMARTboard Activities

1. Birth of a Nation SOL Review (Zipped file-use Firefox)

2. 3 Branches of Government (Free login to SMART Exchange required)

3. Three Branches of Government Smartboard Notebook

4. SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Assessment Test

5. Senteo SOL Notebook Test (Zipped-use Firefox)

Powerpoints

1. Federal System PowerPoint

2. Branches of Government PowerPoint

3. Hollywood Squares New Nation Review PowerPoint

4. American Revolution & New Nation Jeopardy SOL PowerPoint

Kidspiration Templates

1. Three Branches of Government sort (Picture Preview)

2. Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamiliton (Picture Preview)

United Streaming Movie Clip Titles  
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Assessments & Strategies  
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Objective:

USI.8 The student will demonstrate knowledge of westward expansion and reform in America from 1801 to 1861 by

  • describing territorial expansion and how it affected the political map of the United States, with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the acquisitions of Florida, Texas, Oregon, and California;
  • identifying the geographic and economic factors that influenced the westward movement of settlers;
  • describing the impact of inventions, including the cotton gin, the reaper, the steamboat, and the steam locomotive, on life in America;
  • identifying the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.

SOL Review

1. Westward Millionaire Game

2. Westward 30 Question Test Multiple-choice

3. Matching Westward Movement Game

4. Millionaire Westward Game

5. Test on Westward Expansion Fill in the Blank

Interactive Activities

 

 1. Cotton Gin Webquest

Study Guides /Research

 

1.American Inventor's Chart Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney etc.

2. SOL Westward Expansion & Inventions Study Guide in Word

SMARTboard Activities

1. Lewis and Clark Expedition

2. SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Assessment Test

Powerpoints

1. SOL Westward Expansion Instructional & Review PowerPoint

2. Daniel Boone & Lewis & Clark Instructional PowerPoint

3. Hollywood Squares SOL Review 2 PowerPoint

4. Hollywood Squares SOL Review PowerPoint

5. Hollywood Squares SOL Review 3 PowerPoint

6. Hollywood Squares SOL Review 4 PowerPoint

Kidspiration Templates 1. Inventors sort (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Westward Strategy: The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (26 min)
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Assessments & Strategies  
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Objective:

USI.9 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes, major events, and effects of the Civil War by

  • describing the cultural, economic, and constitutional issues that divided the nation;
  • explaining how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased sectional tensions;
  • identifying on a map the states that seceded from the Union and those that remained in the Union;
  • describing the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and Frederick Douglass in events leading to and during the war;
  • using maps to explain critical developments in the war, including major battles;
  • describing the effects of war from the perspectives of Union and Confederate soldiers (including black soldiers), women, and slaves.

SOL Review

1. Lincoln or Lee 10 Question Quiz

2. Civil War Test Fill in the Blank

3. Civil War Millionaire Game

4. Matching Civil War Game

5. Millionaire Civil War Game

6. Civil War Matching Game

7. Civil War Multiple-choice Test

Interactive Activities

 

1. Underground Railroad Webquest

Study Guides /Research

 

1. Civil War for Kids Research web page

2. Reasons for the Civil War Study Guide in Word

3. Civil War Battles & Leaders Study Guide in Word

4. Cultural & Economic Differences on Civil War

SMARTboard Activities

1. SOL Civil War SMARTboard Notebook

2. Overview Civil War SMARTboard Notebook (zipped file-use Firefox)

3. Civil War Facts SMARTboard Notebook

4. SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Assessment Test

5. SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Assessment Test

6. SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Assessment Test

Powerpoints

1. Issues Causing the Civil War Instructional PowerPoint

2. Civil War Instructional PowerPoint

3. Slavery Instructional PowerPoint

4. Civil War Jeopardy SOL PowerPoint

Kidspiration Templates 1. North vs. South (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Civil War (15 min)
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Objective:

USI.10 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of Reconstruction on American life by

  • identifying the provisions of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and their impact on the expansion of freedom in America;
  • describing the impact of Reconstruction policies on the South.

SOL Review

 1. Reconstruction Test Fill in the Blank

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Study Guides /Research

 

1. Reconstruction & Amendments Study Guide in Word

2. Suffrage and Abolitionists SOL Study Guide in Word

SMARTboard Activities

1. Good SOL pictorial and website SMARTboard Notebook

2. Reconstruction SOL Notebook

3. SOL Senteo (SMART Response) Assessment Test

Powerpoints

1. Reconstruction Instrcutional PowerPoint

2. Civil War & Reconstruction SOL Jeopardy PowerPoint

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United Streaming Movie Clip Titles  
Lesson Plans  
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SOL Review

 

1. http://www.quia.com/pages/sol5.html SOL 5th grade webpage

3. Download Study Guides for each SOL in PDF Study Guides for 3rd grade

3. 5th Grade SOL Online Jeopardy Games

4. US1.2-1.5 SOL JeopardyGame have to type in answers

5. US History SOL Test 1
US History SOL Test 2
US History SOL Test 3
US History SOL Test 4
US History SOL Test 5
US History SOL Test 6
US History SOL Test 7

6. SOL Refrigerator US History Review Cards in Adobe Acrobat

7. SOL Hollywood Squares 5 History Review PowerPoint

8. SOL Hollywood Squares 5 History Review 2 PowerPoint

9. Are you Smarter than a 5th grader PowerPoint SOL Review

10. US History to 1877 SOL Review Foldables

11. US History SOL Tests Website

12. SMARTboard Senteo 2007 SOL Released Test 5th Grade (Zipped file-use Firefox)

13. Eleven SOL US History Senteo SMART Board Notebook files
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 1
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 2
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 3
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 4
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 5
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 6
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 7
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 8
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 9
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 10
US History SOL Senteo Assessment 11

14. Senteo SOL 2007 SOL Released Items Notebook

15. SOL HollyWood Squares & Jeopardy PowerPoints


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Teacher SOL Resources:

1. Print PDF SOL Posters Virginia Studies 4th Grade Social Studies colorful posters created for each SOL)

2. SOL Cards & Games 5th grade SOL Review cards, games, and units)

3. Camping out with the 5th Grade SOLS

4. Interactive Notebooks Buy excellent interactive notetaking notebooks for SOL)

5. Enhanced Scope and Sequence VDOE Lesson plans & websites for each SOL, download in word or pdf)

6. Kidspiration Templates Templates organized by subject and grade

7. Download Jeopardy Powerpoint Game Template Fill in the questions and answers and have fun playing Jeopardy! 25 questions board

8. Download Millionaire Powerpoint Game Template Fill in the questions and answers and have fun playing Millionaire!

9. Brainpop Social Studies Movies Movie clips on Social Studies (Subscription)

10. Create SOL Foldables for US History Template and Digital Picture examples

11. SOL Study Guide with Pictures

12. Excellent SOL Games for the Year with directions in Word (Cards included)

13. US History PDFs of Interactive SOL Notebooks, tests, worksheets, study guides. This is an incredible resource for US History teachers.

14. SOL ABC Book Vocabulary in Word

15. Buy SOL Review Books Games for Learning

16. Free Pictures for Teachers

17. Free Clipart for Teachers


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