Virginia SOL K.2.b

Social StudiesKindergarten

The Standard

Columbus Day (also known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day*) and Yorktown Victory Day

Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students name the two October observances and tell what each remembers. They connect Indigenous Peoples’ Day with Native peoples and Yorktown Victory Day with the American victory at Yorktown.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students match each observance to the correct people, place, or event. They explain each match in one clear sentence without saying Columbus discovered an empty land.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think Columbus and the Yorktown battle were connected or happened at the same time. They may also think Indigenous peoples were one group or lived only in the past.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of a Native community and the Yorktown battlefield. Ask students to name the matching observance and tell what it remembers.

Lesson moves

Have students sort picture cards showing Native communities, Columbus’s voyage, soldiers at Yorktown, and unrelated events under two labeled headings.
Ask, “Why might people remember the same October date in different ways?” Record student ideas on a class chart.
Play a matching game with cards for each observance, its people, its place, and a simple description.
Find both observances on an October calendar, then locate Virginia, Yorktown, Europe, and the Americas on a map or globe.

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