Teachers

INTEGRATING STAFFORD HISTORY INTO THE SOLs

Make the SOLs more exciting for your students. Let’s say you’re teaching about Native Americans. Wouldn’t the children love to know that Pocahontas was in Stafford? Wouldn’t students be surprised to find out three boys who studied in Stafford were at the Constitutional Convention? Teachers, check out the list below and see how you can make the SOLs come alive. Click on the topics that are underlined.

Art
Art_-__Palmer_Hayden
Art_-_Gari_Melchers

Barrett, Kate Waller
Barrett, Kate Waller

Brent, Margaret
Brent, Margaret

Burns, Anthony
Burns, Anthony

Census Records
Census Records of Stafford County

Civil Rights
Civil Rights – Segregation and Integration

Civil War
Civil War – Overview
Civil War – Aquia Landing
Civil War – Economics
Civil War – Housing
Civil War – Reconstruction
Civil War – Union Occupation
Civil War – Union Occupation – Chatham
Civil War – Union Occupation Union Army Christmas Gift
Civil War – Union Occupation – Trail to Freedom
Civil War – Union Occupation, The Women’s March
Civil War – White Oak Museum

Colonial Period
Aquia_Church
Colonial – Music, Dance, and Games
Colonial Period – Literature -Books read in Falmouth 1770s

Communications
Communication – Telegraph
Communication – Telephones – Stafford’s First
Communication – Telephones & Radio in So. Stafford

Constitution
Constitution,US – Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention

Conway, Moncure
Conway, Moncure Daniel

Daniel, Peter
Daniel, Peter Vivian

Depression
Depression – CCC camp
Depression – Prohibition – Aquia Tavern – Moonshine & Stills

Economics
Economics – Colonial Economic Influences, Lesson Plan
Economics-Taxes and Tithes

Environment
Environment-Crows_Nest
Environment-Floods
Environment_-_Ice
Environment-Mosquitoes

Government
Government – Board of Supervisors
Government – Stafford Courthouses

Leaders
Leaders

Indians
Indians – Art, Music, and Phys. Educ.
Indians – Barter
Indians – Pocahontas
Indians – Stafford Indians

Industries
Industries – Farming
Industries – Fishing
Industries – Fishing- Sturgeon
Industries – Gold Mining
Industries – Iron Mining
Industries – Mills – Falmouth
Industries – Pyrite Mining
Industries – Silk – Child Labor
Industries – silk – Colonial time
Industries – Timber – Logging
Industries – Tobacco

Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln, Abraham

Mason, George
Mason, George

National Monuments
National Monuments – Government Island -White House and Capitol

Recreation
Recreation – Baseball in the Civil War
Recreation – Duck Hunting

Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom – Religions of Stafford

Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War – overview
Revolutionary War – Hunter’s Iron Works
Revolutionary War – Rochambeau

Slavery
Slavery – overall history in Stafford
Slavery – A Slave Ghost
Slavery in Falmouth

Smith, Captain John
Smith, Captain John and Indians

Tourism
Tourism – Aquia Landing
Tourism – Belmont
Tourism – Chatham
Tourism – Ferry Farm
Tourism – Government Island

Transportation
Transportation – Aquia Landing Steamers- Railroads
Transportation – Automobiles
Transportation – Bridges – Free
Transportation – Langley’s Flights
Transportation – Roads

Urban Development
Urban Development – Falmouth
Urban Development – Lodging -Taverns and OrdinariesUrban Development – origin of stores
Urban Development – Motels and Restaurants
UrbanDevelopment-Refrigerator

War of 1812
War of 1812

Washington, George
Washington, George

Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion – Colonial and Falmouth

World War I
World War I and Aftermath

World War II
World War II – Black Outs – rationing – stamps – bonds
World War II – Home Demonstration Clubs
World War II – Quantico Takeover
World War II – Stafford Homefront
World War II – Stafford Soldiers & the Virginia Reserve Militia

Index
SOLs Index