Virginia SOL 2.5.a

Social Studies2nd Grade

The Standard

Indigenous nations and tribes of the Eastern Woodlands

Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students locate the Eastern Woodlands on a map and identify nations from the region. They explain how a named nation used forests, rivers, plants, and animals for food, shelter, clothing, or tools.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students describe one nation with accurate details from maps, images, or short sources. They recognize that nations had distinct languages and traditions, and that Native communities continue today.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think all Native peoples lived in tipis or followed the same customs. They may also speak about Native nations only in the past or confuse a broad region with one nation.
How to Assess It: Give students a blank regional map and one source image. Ask them to mark the Eastern Woodlands and write one evidence-based sentence about how people used the environment.

Lesson moves

Build a model shelter from sticks, bark, and paper after studying a labeled source image from one named nation.
Compare one historical image and one current image from the same nation, then write one change and one continuity.
Play a matching game with nation cards, map locations, local resources, shelters, and food sources.
Visit a present-day nation's official website and record its current location, government, and one community event.

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