Assessment Supplement For Virginia Studies As Legislative Mandate: House Bill 930 and Senate Bill 306 Legislation in the 2014 General Assembly amended § 22.1-253.13:3.C of the Code of Virginia to eliminate several Standards of Learning (SOL) tests: Grade 3 History, Grade 3 Science, Grade 5 Writing, United States History to 1865, and United States History: 1865 to the Present. Specifically, the Code states (emphasis added): The Standards of Learning assessments administered to students in grades three through eight shall not exceed (a) reading and mathematics in grades three and four; (b) reading, mathematics, and science in grade five; (c) reading and mathematics in grades six and seven; (d) reading, writing, and mathematics in grade eight; (e) science after the student receives instruction in the grade six science, life science, and physical science Standards of Learning and before the student completes grade eight; and (f) Virginia Studies and Civics and Economics once each at the grade levels deemed appropriate by each local school board. The following chart outlines the additional content that should be integrated into your division’s local history and social science curriculum for the administration of the state SOL assessment for history and social science. Reporting Category (2008) 2008 Standard Content that must be added to 2015 local curriculum for history and social science History VS.2f-g VS.3a, e-g VS.5b-c VS.6a VS.7a-c VS.9b, d VS.5c The Battle of Great Bridge was the first land battle of the American Revolution fought in Virginia. The American victory forced the British colonial governor to flee the City of Norfolk. Jack Jouett rode on horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson, then the governor of Virginia, that the British were coming to arrest him and members of the General Assembly. VS.9b Woodrow Wilson was a twentieth-century president who wrote a plan for world peace. George C. Marshall was a military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace.
Reporting Category (2008) 2008 Standard Content that must be added to 2015 local curriculum for history and social science Geography VS.2a-e VS.3b VS.4b-c VS.5d VS.6c VS.2c George Washington explored and surveyed the Dismal Swamp. VS.2g Essential Understandings: Today, eleven American Indian tribes in Virginia are recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The current state-recognized tribes are located in the following regions: Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region: Chickahominy Tribe Eastern Chickahominy Tribe Mattaponi Tribe Nansemond Tribe Pamunkey Tribe Rappahannock Tribe Upper Mattaponi Tribe Piedmont region: Monacan Tribe VS.4c Content was split between VS.4c and VS.5d for the 2015 History and Social Science Standards of Learning Civics VS.3c-d VS.5a VS.6b VS.8b VS.9c VS.10a VS.9c Term clarification integration replaced by desegregation Economics VS.4a, d-e VS.8a, c VS.9a VS.10b-c VS.8a Numbers clarification: Hundreds of thousands of freed African Americans needed housing, education, clothing, food, and jobs. VS.9a Old systems of farming were no longer effective. VS.10b Essential Knowledge: The state of Virginia can be divided into five geographic regions. Certain products and industries characterize each region. Selected examples of products and industries Coastal Plain (Tidewater) Products: seafood, peanuts Industries: shipbuilding, tourism, military bases Piedmont Products: tobacco products, information technology Industries: federal and state government, farming, horse industry Blue Ridge Mountains
Reporting Category (2008) 2008 Standards Content that must be added to 2015 local curriculum for history and social science Regional Geography WG.1e WG.3a-c WG.4 WG.1e (2008) Covered in WG.3d (2015) Disputed areas • Korea • Western Sahara • Former Yugoslavia • Kashmir WG.4 Essential Understanding: The development of a region is influenced by many factors, including physical, economic, and cultural characteristics. The interaction of humans with their environment affects the development of a region. Different criteria may be used to determine a country’s relative importance. Elements of the physical environment, such as major bodies of water and mountains, influence the economic and cultural characteristics of regions. [Moved to SOL WG.3b] Covered in WG.3 – WG.14 (2015) Human Geography WG.2b-c WG.5 WG.6 WG.12b WG.5 Covered in WG.14a,b,c (2015) WG.6 Covered in WG.15 (2015) WG.12b Covered throughout 2015 Standards: Apply geography to interpret the past, understand the present, and plan for the future by relating current events to the physical and human characteristics of places and regions. Political and Urban Geography WG.10a-b WG.11a-c WG.12a WG.10a Covered in WG.18a (2015) WG.10b Covered in WG.18b (2015) WG.11a Covered in WG.16a (2015) WG.11b Covered in WG.16b (2015) WG.11c Covered in WG.16c (2015)