Virginia SOL VS.13

VS.13 is a Standards of Learning history and social science standard. These are the skills expectations under it.

• VS.13.a

  examining major products and industries important to Virginia

• VS.13.b

  examining the impact of the ideas, innovations, and advancements of Virginians on a global market

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify major Virginia products and industries, then explain how goods, services, money, and ideas connect Virginia with other countries. They use maps, labels, charts, and short sources to trace one connection and explain its effects.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can name current products and industries, such as soybeans, shipbuilding, tourism, and technology, and support each choice with evidence. The student can trace an export or Virginia-based innovation to a global customer and explain its effect on jobs, trade, or daily life.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think industry means only factories, leaving out farming, technology, tourism, and other services. They may confuse imports with exports or claim an invention has global impact without evidence that people outside Virginia use it.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Show a shipping card for Virginia soybeans. Ask, “How does this product connect a Virginia farmer, a port, and an overseas buyer, and how does Virginia benefit?”

1. 01

   Give groups product, industry, port, and country cards, then have them build a yarn chain showing one Virginia-to-world trade route.

2. 02

   Read a short news brief about a Virginia cybersecurity firm, then explain how its idea could serve customers in several countries.

3. 03

   Run a four-corner sort with cards for oysters, soybeans, ships, software, and tourism, with students justifying each industry choice.

4. 04

   Use a Port of Virginia shipping route map to choose one export and trace its likely path to an overseas market.

• WG.16

  The student will apply history and social science skills to understand the impact of the growing interdependence of the world by

• CE.12

  The student will apply history and social science skills to describe the United States economy by

• 1.7

  The student will apply history and social science skills to connect geography to historic events of Virginia and the United States by

• VS.9

  The student will apply history and social science skills to understand the ways in which Virginia became interconnected and diverse by