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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Constitution Day Activities: Middle and High

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How was the Constitution created? What did the delegates contribute in creating the Constitution?
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Virginia Ordinance of Secession

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, students learn what the Virginia Ordinance of Secession declared.
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Virginia Indians in the Twentieth Century

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this instructional activity, middle schoolers examine how the annual payment of tribute to the governor by some of Virginia's Indians attest to their continuing presence. This is a tradition that was established in 1646.
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Constitution Day Activities: Elementary

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Who were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry, and George Mason?
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Arthur Ashe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What are the characteristics of a person worthy of being a member of the Human Being Hall of Fame? A champion of human dignity around the world, Arthur Robert Ashe overcame the discrimination he faced growing up in Richmond to become a...
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Library of Virginia

Treasures From the Collection of the Library of Virginia: Virginia Gazette

For Students 9th - 10th
Short history of the Virginia Gazette,one of the country's first newspapers.