Educators At Home
Online resources for educators and students.
Attention Teachers!
We believe in the power of education – at home, at school and at our museums. As our communities continue to manage the changes to our daily lives in response to COVID-19, we would like to provide curriculum-based online resources to educators and students who are homebound and unable to visit Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown or participate in museum outreach programs. We’ve combed through the many resources available to provide those most relevant to curriculum-based studies and SOL test review. If you and your students would like additional online materials, teaching tools or videos, please visit our Learning Center and use the search bar at the top of the page to find the resources you need.
Selected Jamestown Resources
Lesson Plans & Activities
Virginia SOLs: VS.2, VS.3, VS.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.2, VS.3, VS.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.3, VS.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.2
Virginia SOLs: VS.3, VS.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.3
Virginia SOLs: VS.3
Virginia SOLs: VS.2, VS.3
Virginia SOLs: VS.2, VS.3, VS.4
Essays & Articles
West Central Africans
Virginia SOLs: VS.3, VS.4, USI.4
- Who Were the Africans Who Came to Jamestown?
- What Was the Relationship Between the Africans and the English in Early Virginia?
- How Did Slavery Develop in Colonial Virginia?
Powhatan Indians
Virginia SOLs: 2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 2.8, VS.1, VS.2, VS.3, VS.4, USI.1, USI.3, USI.4
- Who Were the Powhatan Indians and How Did They Live?
- How Did the Powhatan Acquire Food?
- How Did the Powhatan Look and Dress?
- What Was the Relationship Between the Powhatan and the English?
- What Roles Did Men, Women and Children Have in Powhatan Society?
- What Happened to the Powhatan Culture by the End of the 17th-Century?
- The Life of Pocahontas.
English
Virginia SOLS: 1.2, 1.3, VS.1, VS.3, VS.4, USI.1, USI.4
- Life at Jamestown.
- Who Were the English Who Set Sail for America?
- What Challenges Did the Settlers Face After Their First Year at Jamestown?
- How Did Virginia Expand Outside of the Fort at Jamestown?
- What Was the Relationship Between Tobacco and Labor in Early Virginia?
- What Was the Great Charter?
- The Story of John Smith.
Visual Assets & Videos
Virginia SOLS: 1.2, 1.3, VS.1, VS.3, VS.4, USI.1, USI.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.1,VS.3, USI.1, USI.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.3, USI.1, USI.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.1; VS.2; VS.3; VS.4; USI.1; USI.2d; USI.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.1; VS.4, USI.1, USI.4, USI.5
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.2, VS.3, USI.1, USI.3, USI.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.1 ; VS.2; VS.3; VS.4; USI.1; USI.4; USI.5
Virginia SOLs: VS.1; VS.3;VS.4; USI.1, USI.4
Virginia SOLs: VS.1; VS.3, VS.4; VS.5, USI.1, USI.4, USI.5
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.3, VS.4, USI.1, USI.4, USI.5
Selected American Revolution Resources
Lesson Plans & Activities
VS.4, VS.5, US1.5, US1.6, VUS.4, VUS.5
This resource also meets national standards of learning for social studies.
Essays & Articles
Mercantilism
SOLs: VS.1, VS.4, VS.5, USI.1, USI.5, USI.6
- Why Were So Many Americans Reluctant to Seek Independence?
- What Changed for the Colonies When King George III Took the Throne?
French and Indian & Seven Years War
SOLs: VS.1, VS.2, VS.3, VS.5
- What Was the Seven Years War?
- What Was the Proclamation of 1763?
- What Was the Stamp Act?
- What Were the Currency Act and Sugar Act?
- Why Was the Tea Act of 1773 So Important?
- What Were the Townshend Duties?
Pre-War Resistance/Propaganda
SOLs: VS.1, VS.5, USI.1, USI.5, USI.6
- What Is a Broadside?
- What Was Townshend’s Folly?
- The Story of Isaac Sears, New York City’s Chief Agitator.
- What Were the Intolerable Acts?
- How Did the Publication of Common Sense Affect Public Opinion?
- The Story of Crispus Attucks, the First Martyr of Liberty.
Declaration of Independence
SOLs: VS.1, VS.5, USI.1, USI.5, USI.6
- What Was the Olive Branch Petition?
- What Factors Finally Pushed the Second Continental Congress to Declare Independence in July 1776?
- How Were the Americans Able to Take Boston?
Enslaved People
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.4, VS.5, USI.1, USI.5
- African Americans and the American Revolution
- The Story of James Lafayette, Slave Spy
- The Life of Prince Hall, Free African American Soldier and Mason.
Native Americans
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.4, VS.5
- The Story of Mary Jemison, from Colonial Captive to Seneca Woman.
- The Life of White Eyes, a Rare Voice for Peace.
- The Story of Chainbreaker/Blacksnake, Seneca Chief.
- The Story of Little Abraham, Mohawk Chief.
Women
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.4, USI.1, USI.5
- The Life of Jemima Condict, a Young Woman Living Through the Revolution.
- The Life of Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker, a Quaker Housewife Trying to Stay Neutral.
Virginia’s Role
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.3, VS.4, VS.5
Visual Assets & Videos
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.3, VS.4, VS.5
SOLs: VS.1, VS.5, USI.1, USI.5, USI.6
SOLs: VS.1, VS.4, VS.5, USI.1, USI.5, USI.6
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.4, VS.5, USI.1, USI.5
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.4, VS.5, USI.1, USI.5
Virginia SOLs: VS.1, VS.4, USI.1, USI.5