This grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Program enabled the Virginia Social Studies Leaders Consortium to develop a collection of inquiry-based lesson plans to support the implementation of Virginia’s 2023 History and Social Science Standards. In this second phase of the VSSLC Curriculum Guide initiative, social studies leaders from across the Commonwealth collaborated to design model inquiries using primary sources from the Library. These teacher-facing lessons model strong inquiry-based instruction while providing freely accessible resources that divisions across Virginia, especially those with limited curriculum development capacity, can use to strengthen classroom learning. The inquiries reflect the collaborative work of Virginia social studies leaders committed to expanding access to high-quality, source-based instruction statewide, and all inquiries developed through the TPS grant are linked below.
Steering Committee: Jen Brown, Aaron Cebular, Beau Dickenson, Eric Duchaj, Danyael Graham, Vicki Hobson, Neeley Minton.
Contributors: Alicen Brown, Chad Gangwer, John Hobson, Jack Jagodzinski, Mary Alyse Klement, Cat Latcovich, Christopher Mathews, Kirk Moyers, Lyndsey Noel, Laura Shaw, Tiya Shaw, Alissa Strauss, Kristina Wenger.
Steering Committee: Jen Brown, Aaron Cebular, Beau Dickenson, Eric Duchaj, Danyael Graham, Vicki Hobson, Neeley Minton.
Contributors: Alicen Brown, Chad Gangwer, John Hobson, Jack Jagodzinski, Mary Alyse Klement, Cat Latcovich, Christopher Mathews, Kirk Moyers, Lyndsey Noel, Laura Shaw, Tiya Shaw, Alissa Strauss, Kristina Wenger.
KINDERGARTEN - "What is a symbol?"
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1st GRADE - "How have Jamestown and Werewocomoco changed from long ago to today?"
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2nd GRADE: "What else is out there?"
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3rd GRADE: "Why do we need government?"
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VA STUDIES - "How did slavery and servitude impact status differently for colonial Virginians?"
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U.S. HISTORY PART I: "Did the cotton gin make life better?"
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U.S. HISTORY PART II: "How did all American civilians on the homefront help the soldiers on the warfront?"
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CIVICS: Should the United States continue to use the Electoral College for Presidential Elections?
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WORLD HISTORY II: "How cold was the Cold War?"
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VA/U.S. HISTORY - "To what extent was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a success?"
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VA/U.S. GOVERNMENT - "Why is consent of the governed essential to democracy?"
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VA/U.S. Government - "Should voting be mandatory in the United States?"
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