Virgina Standards of Learning (SOLs)
United States History to 1865
USI.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to
a) identify and interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase
understanding of events and life in United States history to 1865;
b) make connections between the past and the present;
c) sequence events in United States history from pre-Columbian times to 1865;
d) interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives;
e) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing;
f) analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among landforms, water features,
climatic characteristics, and historical events;
USI.2 The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables to
b) locate and describe the location of the geographic regions of North America:
Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Canadian Shield, Interior Lowlands,
Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Basin and Range, and Coastal Range;
c) locate and identify the water features important to the early history of the United States:
Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Ohio River, Columbia River,
Colorado River, Rio Grande, St. Lawrence River, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean,
and Gulf of Mexico;
d) recognize key geographic features on maps, diagrams, and/or photographs.
USI.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of how early cultures developed in North America by
a) Describing how archaeologists have recovered material evidence of ancient settlements,
including Cactus Hill in Virginia.
b) Locating where the American Indians lived, with emphasis on the Arctic (Inuit),
Northwest (Kwakiutl), Plains (Lakota), Southwest (Pueblo), and
North-Eastern Woodlands (Iroquois)
* Added Cherokee as South-Eastern Woodlands
c) Describing how the American Indians used the resources in their environment.
Grade Six English
6.1 The student will participate in and contribute to small-group activities.
a) Communicate as leader and contributor.
b) Evaluate own contributions to discussions.
c) Summarize and evaluate group activities.
d) Analyze the effectiveness of participant interactions.
6.2 The student will present, listen critically, and express opinions in oral presentations.
a) Distinguish between fact and opinion.
b) Compare and contrast viewpoints.
c) Present a convincing argument.
d) Paraphrase and summarize what is heard.
e) Use language and vocabulary appropriate to audience, topic, and purpose.
6.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Use text structures such as type, headings, and graphics to predict and categorize
information in both print and digital texts.
b) Use prior knowledge and build additional background knowledge as context for new
learning.
c) Identify questions to be answered.
d) Make, confirm, or revise predictions.
e) Draw conclusions and make inferences based on explicit and implied information.
f) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
g) Identify main idea.
h) Summarize supporting details.
i) Compare and contrast information about one topic, which may be contained in
different selections.
j) Identify the author’s organizational pattern.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.
6.9 The student will find, evaluate, and select appropriate resources for a research product.
a) Collect information from multiple sources including online, print, and media.
b) Evaluate the validity and authenticity of texts.
c) Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate, and communicate information.
d) Cite primary and secondary sources.
e) Define the meaning and consequences of plagiarism and follow ethical and legal
guidelines for gathering and using information.
Science
6.7 The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. Key concepts include
b) the location and structure of Virginia’s regional watershed systems;
c) divides, tributaries, river systems, and river and stream processes;
d) wetlands;
e) estuaries;
6.9 The student will investigate and understand public policy decisions relating to the environment. Key concepts include
a) management of renewable resources;
b) management of nonrenewable resources;
c) the mitigation of land-use and environmental hazards through preventive measures;
d) cost/benefit tradeoffs in conservation policies.
Grade 6 Music
MS.5 The student will investigate musical sounds, forms, styles, and genres through listening, discussing, writing, and performing.
MS.6 The student will investigate the role of music in society.
2. Identify the influence of daily music experience in one’s personal life.
Middle School Exploratory Dramatics
M.1 The student will communicate ideas, using individual performances, group productions, or group projects to demonstrate teamwork, cooperation, and dependability.
M.6 The student will demonstrate how theater is similar to and different from other literary genres, using storytelling, scene presentation, improvisation, or pantomime.
M.7 The student will demonstrate an awareness of a variety of historical and cultural concepts, using dramatic activities.
USI.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to
a) identify and interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase
understanding of events and life in United States history to 1865;
b) make connections between the past and the present;
c) sequence events in United States history from pre-Columbian times to 1865;
d) interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives;
e) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing;
f) analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among landforms, water features,
climatic characteristics, and historical events;
USI.2 The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables to
b) locate and describe the location of the geographic regions of North America:
Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Canadian Shield, Interior Lowlands,
Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Basin and Range, and Coastal Range;
c) locate and identify the water features important to the early history of the United States:
Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Ohio River, Columbia River,
Colorado River, Rio Grande, St. Lawrence River, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean,
and Gulf of Mexico;
d) recognize key geographic features on maps, diagrams, and/or photographs.
USI.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of how early cultures developed in North America by
a) Describing how archaeologists have recovered material evidence of ancient settlements,
including Cactus Hill in Virginia.
b) Locating where the American Indians lived, with emphasis on the Arctic (Inuit),
Northwest (Kwakiutl), Plains (Lakota), Southwest (Pueblo), and
North-Eastern Woodlands (Iroquois)
* Added Cherokee as South-Eastern Woodlands
c) Describing how the American Indians used the resources in their environment.
Grade Six English
6.1 The student will participate in and contribute to small-group activities.
a) Communicate as leader and contributor.
b) Evaluate own contributions to discussions.
c) Summarize and evaluate group activities.
d) Analyze the effectiveness of participant interactions.
6.2 The student will present, listen critically, and express opinions in oral presentations.
a) Distinguish between fact and opinion.
b) Compare and contrast viewpoints.
c) Present a convincing argument.
d) Paraphrase and summarize what is heard.
e) Use language and vocabulary appropriate to audience, topic, and purpose.
6.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Use text structures such as type, headings, and graphics to predict and categorize
information in both print and digital texts.
b) Use prior knowledge and build additional background knowledge as context for new
learning.
c) Identify questions to be answered.
d) Make, confirm, or revise predictions.
e) Draw conclusions and make inferences based on explicit and implied information.
f) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
g) Identify main idea.
h) Summarize supporting details.
i) Compare and contrast information about one topic, which may be contained in
different selections.
j) Identify the author’s organizational pattern.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.
6.9 The student will find, evaluate, and select appropriate resources for a research product.
a) Collect information from multiple sources including online, print, and media.
b) Evaluate the validity and authenticity of texts.
c) Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate, and communicate information.
d) Cite primary and secondary sources.
e) Define the meaning and consequences of plagiarism and follow ethical and legal
guidelines for gathering and using information.
Science
6.7 The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. Key concepts include
b) the location and structure of Virginia’s regional watershed systems;
c) divides, tributaries, river systems, and river and stream processes;
d) wetlands;
e) estuaries;
6.9 The student will investigate and understand public policy decisions relating to the environment. Key concepts include
a) management of renewable resources;
b) management of nonrenewable resources;
c) the mitigation of land-use and environmental hazards through preventive measures;
d) cost/benefit tradeoffs in conservation policies.
Grade 6 Music
MS.5 The student will investigate musical sounds, forms, styles, and genres through listening, discussing, writing, and performing.
MS.6 The student will investigate the role of music in society.
2. Identify the influence of daily music experience in one’s personal life.
Middle School Exploratory Dramatics
M.1 The student will communicate ideas, using individual performances, group productions, or group projects to demonstrate teamwork, cooperation, and dependability.
M.6 The student will demonstrate how theater is similar to and different from other literary genres, using storytelling, scene presentation, improvisation, or pantomime.
M.7 The student will demonstrate an awareness of a variety of historical and cultural concepts, using dramatic activities.