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Cluster 1
Objectives
SS.8.H.CL1.1
Demonstrate an understanding of the settlement of Western Virginia and the United States by Native Americans and Europeans.
Students will
differentiate between the cultures and daily life of the Native Americans.
History of Native Americans in West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/indians.html
Grave Creek Mound
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0319.html
Shell Deposits at the Mouth of Short Creek, West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/nativeamericans/shortcreek.html
Stone Mounds of Hampshire County, West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/nativeamericans/stonemounds.html
Mystery Walls of Armstrong Mountain, Fayette County
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0417A.html
“Two Prehistoric Indian Mounds Found Near Morgansville [Doddridge County]”
http://www.wvculture.org/history/nativeamericans/doddridgemounds.html
“Dunbar High School Turns to Archeology”
http://www.wvculture.org/history/nativeamericans/dunbar.html
Prehistoric Ruins at Ben’s Run (Tyler County)
http://www.wvculture.org/history/nativeamericans/bensrun.html
“Cabell County Once Rich in Relics of Early Race of Moundbuilders”
http://www.wvculture.org/history/nativeamericans/cabellmounds.html
SS.8.H.CL1.2
summarize the history of European exploration and settlement in western Virginia from the first endeavor of John Lederer through
the settlement period including Morgan Morgan and other important explorers and settlers.
Batts and Fallam Expedition
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/battsandfallam01.html
Spotswood Expedition
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0905.html
Celeron de Blainville
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0818.html
Dr. Thomas Walker and the Loyal Company
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0712.html
Celeron de Blainville Claims Ohio Valley for France
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0818.html
Christopher Gist Journal of 1751 for the Ohio Company
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/gistjournal01.html
An Overview of Early Settlement in West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/settle1.html
“Vandalia: The First West Virginia?”
http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh40-4.html
Social and Industrial Life in Early Settlements
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/settlementlife.html
SS.8.H.CL1.3
explain the role of western Virginia in the French and Indian War.
French and Indian War Documents
http://www.wvculture.org/history/frenchandindian/frenchandindiandocs.html
Battle of the Trough
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/renick.html
Cornstalk’s Raid on the Greenbrier
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0715.html
Virginia Frontier Defenses, 1719-1795
http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh1-2-4.html
Fort Seybert Massacre
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0428.html
Fort Ashby
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/fortashby02.html
George Washington Appointed Colonel of the Virginia Regiment
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0814.html
Royal Proclamation of 1763
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1007.html
1770 Journal of George Washington during an expedition of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/washingtonjournal1770.html
Cluster 2
Objectives
SS.8.H.CL2.1
Demonstrate an understanding of the American Revolution from the beginning of the new American nation and including Western
Virginia’s part in the development of that nation.
Students will
compare and contrast the perspectives and roles of different western Virginians during the American Revolution including those of
political leaders, soldiers, patriots, Tories/Loyalists, women and Native Americans.
The Revolutionary War and Its Aftermath
http://www.wvculture.org/history/revwar.html
1776 Constitution
http://www.wvculture.org/history/government/1776constitution01.html
Roster of Monongalia County Militia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/revwar/monongaliamilitia.jpg
First Settlement at Grave Creek
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/tomlinson.html
Claypool’s Rebellion
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0621.html
“A Captive of the Shawnees, 1779-1784”
http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh23-4.html
“The Earliest Printed Version of David Morgan and the Two Indians”
http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh23-2.html
Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor
http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/revwarbi.html
SS.8.H.CL2.2
identify the key conflicts, battles and people of the American Revolution in western Virginia and their effects on the area
(e.g., Battle of Point Pleasant, Siege of Fort Henry, Attacks at Fort Randolph and Fort Donnally).
1777 Attack on Fort Henry
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0901A.html
Yellow Creek Massacre
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0430.html
Dunmore’s War
http://www.wvculture.org/history/dunmore/index.html
Murder of Chief Cornstalk
http://www.wvculture.org/history/revwar/deathofcornstalk.html
Foreman’s Massacre
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0927.html
Attack on Fort Randolph
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0516.html
Attack on Fort Donnally
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0529.html
The Death of Major Samuel McColloch
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvhs/wvhs1831.pdf
Battle of Captina
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/mkiernan.html
1782 Siege of Fort Henry
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0912.html
Anne Bailey
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1122.html
Lewis Wetzel
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/wetzel.html
SS.8.H.CL2.3
summarize events related to the adoption of Virginia’s constitutional conventions, the role of western Virginia and its leaders in the
Continental Congress, and the ratification of the United States Constitution.
1776 Constitution
http://www.wvculture.org/history/government/1776constitution01.html
The Revolutionary War and Its Aftermath
http://www.wvculture.org/history/revwar.html
Consideration of Shepherdstown as United States Capital
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1201.html
Washington Proposes Armory at Harpers Ferry
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0916.html
SS.8.H.CL2.4
explain the economic and political tensions between the people of western and eastern Virginia including the economic struggles of
both groups following the American Revolution and their disagreement over representation.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0909.html
Daniel Boone in the Kanawha Valley
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0908.html
Proposals of George Clendenin for Defense of Frontier in Western Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement/clendenin.html
Last Native American Attack East of the Ohio River
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvhs/wvhs1402.html
The Whiskey Rebellion
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0303B.html
The Wizard Clip
http://www.wvculture.org/history/notewv/wizardclip1.html
Francis Asbury and Rehoboth Church
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0706.html
“A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam,” by James Rumsey
http://www.wvculture.org/history/transportation/rumsey.pdf
Western Virginians in the War of 1812
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1020.html
Formation of Kanawha Salt Company
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1110.html
Harman Blennerhassett
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0104.html
Lewisburg Citizens Hold Public Dinner for Secretary of State Henry Clay
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0830.html
Alexander Campbell
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0304.html
1829-30 Virginia Constitutional Convention
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1005.html
1830 Virginia Constitution
http://www.wvculture.org/history/government/1830constitution01.html
Construction of Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0316.html
Henry Ruffner and “An Address to the People of West Virginia”
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1217.html
Wheeling Suspension Bridge
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0517.html
Virginia Governor Issues Call for Troops for Service in the Mexican War
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1118.html
1851 Virginia Constitution
http://www.wvculture.org/history/government/1851constitution01.html
Occupations in Virginia, 1860
http://www.wvculture.org/history/antebellum/occupations1860.html
African-American Population of Present-Day West Virginia Counties, 1860
http://www.wvculture.org/history/africanamericans/blackpop.html
Cluster 3
Objectives
SS.8.H.CL3.1
Demonstrate an understanding of the American Civil War including its causes, effects and the major events that led to West Virginia
statehood.
Students will
explain the effect of key events leading to Western Virginia’s separation from Virginia after secession (e.g., First and Second Wheeling
Conventions and John Brown’s Raid).
John Brown Exhibit
http://www.wvculture.org/history/jbexhibit/jbintroduction.html
John Brown Collection Database
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/imlsintro.html
West Virginia Statehood Exhibit
http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statehood.html
Passage of Ordinance of Secession
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0417.html
First Wheeling Convention
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0513.html
“A Declaration of the People of Virginia”
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0613.html
United States Senate Approves West Virginia Statehood Bill
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0714.html
President Abraham Lincoln Signs the West Virginia Statehood Bill
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1231.html
West Virginia Becomes the 35th State
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0620.html
SS.8.H.CL3.2
describe the moral, ethical and legal tensions that led to the creation of the new state of West Virginia and how these tensions were
resolved (e.g., Virginia vs. West Virginia 1871).
Consent of US Congress in Transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties to West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0307.html
Maryland-(West) Virginia Boundary Dispute
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0326.html
SS.8.H.CL3.3
compare and contrast the military strategies of the North and South with regard to specific events and geographic locations in West
Virginia (e.g., the Battle of Philippi, Rich Mountain, Droop Mountain, Battle of Scary Creek and Battle of Carnifex Ferry).
Destruction of Harpers Ferry
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0418.html
Battle of Philippi
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0603.html
Battle of Rich Mountain
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0711.html
Battle of Scary Creek
http://www.wvculture.org/history/sesquicentennial/18610717.html
Battle of Carnifex Ferry
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0910.html
Battle of Lewisburg
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0523.html
Capture of Fairmont
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0429.html
Battle of White Sulphur Springs
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0827.html
Battle of Droop Mountain
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1106.html
Death of Stonewall Jackson
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0510.html
West Virginia Union Militia Database
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/militia/wvunmil.html
West Virginia Union Militia Letters
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/militia/findingaid.html
SS.8.H.CL3.4
Sesquicentennial Moments
http://www.wvculture.org/history/sesquicentennial/moments/1863.html
identify significant contributions of men and women of West Virginia during the Civil War and identify the roles of ethnic and racial
minorities.
African-American Population in West Virginia Counties, 1860
http://www.wvculture.org/history/africanamericans/blackpop.html
African American Soldiers from West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/sesquicentennial/45throster.html
West Virginia Abolishes Slavery
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0203.html
Sirene Bunton Diary
http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh48-1.html
Nancy Hart Sources
http://www.wvculture.org/history/notewv/nanchart.html
Joseph Snider Letters
http://www.wvculture.org/history/snider/snidernf.html
(best to use transcription)
Anna Jarvis/Mother’s Day
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0508.html
Biography of Martin Delany
http://www.wvculture.org/history/delany.html
Booker T. Washington
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0405.html
William H. Davis
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0324A.html
Cluster 4
Objectives
SS.8.H.CL4.1
Demonstrate an understanding of major social, political and economic developments that took place in West Virginia during the second
half of the nineteenth century.
Students will
identify the types of transportation that facilitated the growth of West Virginia.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Reaches Wheeling
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0101.html
Completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0129.html
Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0316.html
End of Streetcar Service Between Moundsville and McMechen
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0207A.html
Sinking of the Steamer H. K. Bedford
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0227.html
SS.8.H.CL4.2
compare and contrast the West Virginia Constitutions of 1862 and 1872.
1861-63 Constitutional Convention
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1126.html
1863 West Virginia State Constitution
http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/constitution.html
1872 West Virginia State Constitution
http://www.wvculture.org/history/government/1872constitution.html
1872 Constitution: Related Documents
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0409.html
Approval of the Flick Amendment
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0427.html
Capital Moved from Charleston to Wheeling in 1875
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0521.html
SS.8.H.CL4.3
summarize the changes that occurred in West Virginia agriculture and industry during the late nineteenth century, including changes
in family life in various regions and the growth of industry.
Henry Gassaway Davis
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0311.html
Johnson Newlon Camden
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0306.html
Israel Charles White
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1101.html
Patent for First Brick Pavement
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0423.html
B&O Railroad Strike
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0716.html
First Central Telephone Office, Wheeling
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0515.html
Big Moses Gas Well
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0906.html
Hatfield-McCoy Feud
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0807.html
West Virginia Reform School Opens at Pruntytown
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0721.html
Industrial Homes for Girls Opens at Salem
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0505.html
Spencer State Hospital
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0507.html
West Virginians in the Spanish-American War
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0410.html
SS.8.H.CL4.4
explain the significance of increased immigration into the United States in the late nineteenth century to West Virginia, including
cultural and economic contributions of immigrants, opportunities and struggles experienced by immigrants, increased racial hostility
and the effect of racial and ethnic diversity on national identity.
Storer College
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1002.html
The Niagara Movement
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0815.html
Williams vs. Board of Education
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1116.html
Three African-Americans Refused Admittance to Charleston Public Library
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0313.html
Carter G. Woodson
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0403.html
Booker T. Washington
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0405.html
Cluster 5
Objectives
SS.8.H.CL5.1
Demonstrate an understanding of West Virginia’s development during the early twentieth century.
Students will
analyze the evolution of the labor movement in West Virginia.
Formation of the UMWA
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0421.html
Labor Leaders Conference to Support Striking Coal Miners (1897)
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0727.html
SS.8.H.CL5.2
summarize the progressive reform movement in West Virginia (e.g., child labor laws, Prohibition, improvements to roads, hospitals,
libraries, tax reforms, changes to local government systems and the roles of significant individuals and groups).
Monongah Mine Disaster
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1206.html
Benwood Mine Disaster
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0428A.html
Child Labor Law
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0511.html
West Virginia’s First Gasoline Tax
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0726.html
Hatfield Brothers Killed in Shootout in Fayette County
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1017.html
West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0422.html
Coal Operator Indicted for Peonage
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0411.html
Prohibition in West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0701.html
State Education System Overhauled
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0522.html
Creation of West Virginia State Police
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0331.html
SS.8.H.CL5.3
summarize the political, social and economic situation in West Virginia following World War I, including progress in suffrage for
women, improvements in daily life in urban/rural areas, Roaring 20’s and developments in industry.
West Virginia Ratifies 19th Amendment
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0310.html
“A Profile in Political Activists: Women of the West Virginia Woman Suffrage Movement”
http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh49-8.html
Harriet B. Jones
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0628.html
Irene Drukker Broh
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0208.html
First Woman Elected to the West Virginia Legislature
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1107A.html
The Good Roads Amendment of 1920
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1102.html
Carter G. Woodson
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0403.html
Booker T. Washington
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0405.html
Federal Fish Hatchery Established in Jefferson County
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1220.html
Charles Lindbergh Lands the Spirit of St. Louis in Moundsville
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0804.html
SS.8.H.CL5.4
explain the effects of the Great Depression and the lasting impact of New Deal programs on West Virginia, including the Homestead
Projects.
Closing of Bank in Weston
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1003.html
New Deal Funding for West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1214.html
Construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0330.html
Mary Behner at Scotts Run
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1119.html
Cluster 6
Objectives
SS.8.H.CL6.1
Demonstrate an understanding of West Virginia’s development during the mid-twentieth century.
Students will
summarize the significant aspects of the economic and industrial growth experienced by West Virginia during World War II (e.g.,
chemical industry, steel industry and coal industry).
Attack on Pearl Harbor and the U.S.S. West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1207.html
Kaiser Aluminum, Ravenswood
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1117.html
West Virginia Ordnance Works, Point Pleasant
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1012.html
SS.8.H.CL6.2
evaluate the sequence and analyze the impact of contemporary social, economic and technological developments on people and
culture in West Virginia.
Dedication of Kanawha Airport
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1103.html
Eisenhower and Nixon Meet in Wheeling
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0924.html
Dedication of Summersville Dam
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0903.html
Dedication of West Virginia Turnpike
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1108.html
New River Gorge Bridge
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1022.html
SS.8.H.CL6.3
identify the labor/management strategies that have affected West Virginia’s economy (e.g., strikes, boycotts, yellow-dog contracts,
injunctions and lock-outs).
“Bull Moose Special” Attacks Miners’ Tent Colony at Holly Grove
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0207.html
Raid on Socialist Newspaper in Huntington
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0509.html
Matewan Massacre
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0519.html
Battle of Blair Mountain
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0904.html
William Blizzard Treason Trial
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0527.html
Striking Miners Launch Attack at Cliftonville, Brooke County
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0717.html
Widen Coal Strike
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1001.html
Walter Reuther
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0901.html
Teacher Walkout, 1980
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0321.html
SS.8.H.CL6.4
explain the economic, social, and political impact of twentieth century events on West Virginia (e.g., school integration, Civil Rights
Movement, Cold War and Vietnam).
School Integration in West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/africanamericans/schoolintegration.html
Diamond Department Store Ends Segregation
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0503.html
Elgin Baylor Refuses to Play Basketball Game in Charleston
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0116.html
Dr. Martin Luther King Preaches in Charleston
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0124.html
Buffalo Creek Disaster
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0226.html
First African-American Judge Elected in West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1105.html
Bomb Exploded at Bluefield State College
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1121.html
Farmington Mine Disaster
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1130.html
Leon Sullivan
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1016.html
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at Marshall University
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1031.html
Kanawha Textbook Controversy
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0913.html
Miners Health and Safety Academy
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0817.html
President Lyndon Johnson Launches War on Poverty
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0424.html
Recht Decision on Education in West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0514.html
Cluster 7
Objectives
SS.8.H.CL7.1
Demonstrate an understanding of West Virginia in the modern era.
Students will
compile lists of fairs and festivals in West Virginia that can be attributed to the influence of various cultural groups who have settled
in the state, explaining the heritage of the fair or festival and its significance to the preservation of West Virginia history.
First Mountain State Forest Festival
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1030.html
First Italian Heritage Festival
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0831.html
Spud and Splinter Festival
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0826.html
Cass Railroad Festival
http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/0525.html
SS.8.H.CL7.2
analyze the economic, social and political impact of the late twentieth century and twenty-first century events on West Virginia (e.g.,
terrorism, Gulf War, Iraq War and War in Afghanistan).