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Content

Subject Virginia Studies

Grade Level 4th Grade

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Learning Objective

VS.9 The student will demonstrate an

understanding of Virginia during the twentieth
century and beyond by
d) describing the political, social, or economic
impact made by Maggie L. Walker; Harry F.
Byrd, Sr.; Oliver W. Hill, Sr.; Arthur R. Ashe,
Jr.; A. Linwood Holton, Jr.; and L. Douglas
Wilder.
Pedagogy

Activity First, the teacher would present students with a picture of each
of the following people.

Maggie L. Walker, Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Oliver W. Hill, Sr., Arthur R.

Ashe, Jr, A. Linwood Holton, Jr., and L. Douglas Wilder.

A class discussion introducing each of the people would follow,

under the guidance of the teacher.
The teacher would cover the following information briefly:

Maggie L. Walker – The first African American woman to

establish a bank and become a bank president.

Harry F. Byrd, Sr. – Virginia governor known for road

improvements and modernizing state government.

Oliver W. Hill, Sr. – Was a key player in ‘Brown vs. Board of

Education’

Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. – tennis player and advocate for social

change.

A. Linwood Holton, Jr. – promoted racial equality and had a part

in appointing more women and African Americans in state
government.

L. Douglas Wilder – first African American to be elected state

 governor in U.S.

After the discussion, students would be required to produce a

video using Blabberize to introduce one of the historical figures
discussed.
The following steps in order to produce the video, would be
followed.

1. Students would either be assigned a person or would

choose which one they wanted to learn about.
2. Students research their historical figure, and find out the
following:
The person’s full name:
When and Where they were born:
What they did to impact Virginia politically, socially or
economically:
One other interesting fact about them:

They could use a variety of tools to find out this information,

including, links provided by the teacher, a textbook, online
search engine, or notes taken during the previous discussion.

3. Students would write a script and find a picture of the

person online.
4. Then, they would use their picture and script to create a
introduction video about their historical figure, again
talking in first person, to introduce themselves as the
figure.

After the videos are produced, students will watch the videos
together.
gyTechnolo

Technology Computer and/or Ipad

Internet access
Blabberize.com
Link to the example http://blabberize.com/view/id/1917385
product