Old Dominion State
Some can argue it all began in Virginia when Captain John Smith pulled ashore. The first few years of Virginia's white man's history is the first few years of America's history.
| Resources--books | Resources--web sites | Projects | Writing assignments |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | A Colonial Town; Williamsburg by Bobbie Kalman (Crabtree, 1995; ISBN 0865054894) |
| A Historical Album of Virginia by William Cocke, Historical album series (Millbrook Press, 1995; ISBN 1562945963) KR |
| Arlington National Cemetery by R. Conrad Stein (Children's Press, 1995; ISBN 0516066250) KR |
| Mason and Dixon's Line of Fire by Judith St. George (Putnam, 1991; ISBN 0399222405) |
| Mist over the Mountains; Appalachia and Its People by Raymond Bial (Houghton Mifflin, 1997; ISBN0395735696) |
| Pioneer Children of Appalachia by Joan Anderson, photographs by George Ancona (Clarion, 1986; ISBN0899194400) |
| The Confederate Flag by Hal Marcovitz (Mason Crest, 2003; ISBN 1590840356) |
| The Most Beautiful Villages and Town of the South by Bonnie Ramsey, photography by Dennis O'Kain (Thames & Hudson, 2000; ISBN 0500019991) |
| The Virginia Colony by Tamara Britton, The Colonies series (ABDO, 2001; ISBN 1577655796) KR |
| Virginia by Judy Lloyd Anderson, Land of Liberty (Capstone, 2004; ISBN 073682202X) KR |
| Virginia by Tracy Barrett, Celebrate the states series (Benchmark books, 1997; ISBN 0761401105) |
| Virginia by Jean F. Blashfield, America the beautiful series (Children's Press 1999; ISBN 0516208314) |
| Virginia by Gina De Angelis, From sea to shining sea series (Children's Press, 2001; ISBN 0516223135) KR |
| Virginia by Ann Heinrichs, This land is your land series (Compass Point, 2003; ISBN 0756503108) KR |
| Virginia by Pamela Pollack, World almanac library of the states series (World Almanac, 2002; ISBN 0836851250) KR |
| Virginia by Karen Sirvaitis, Hello U.S.A. series (Lerner, 2002; ISBN 0822540843) KR |
| Williamsburg: Cradle of the Revolution by Ron and
Nancy Goor (Atheneum, 1994; ISBN 0689317956) |
Activity Books:
| Great States! by Cindy Barden, illustrated by Chris Nye (Teaching and Learning Co, 1995; ISBN 1573100188)* |
| Which Way USA? Virginia (Highlights for Children, 1998; ISBN 087534199)* |
Fiction:
| A Little Maid of Virginia by Alice Turner Curtis (Applewood Books, 1922; ISBN 1557093334) |
| Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (Aladdin, 1991; ISBN 0689714920) |
Audio/Visual:
| Shenandoah Universal Studios (1965) starring James Stewart |
| Remember the Titians (Disney, 2000; ISBN 0788826859) starring Denzel Washington |
| Many Bluegrass and Appalachian music recordings. |
Web sites
Please see The 50 States for more links.
Projects
| Learn the state song. |
| Design your version of the Bay Bridge-Tunnel. |
| Act out the Confederates surrender at Appomattox Court House. |
| Live like you were in Jamestown or Williamsburg. |
| Draft a mansion like Monticello. |
Writing assignments
| Write a report on Arlington National Cemetery. |
| Write a report on the Chincoteague ponies. |
| Write a report on a famous Virginian. |
Take a look at the other states
Completed January, 2005
Visited
November, 2006
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