SOL 1.12 - The student will recognize that communities in Virginia
a) have local governments;
b) benefit from people who volunteer in their communities;
c) include people who have diverse ethnic origins, customs, and traditions, who make
contributions to their communities, and who are united as Americans by common
principles.
Essential Understandings:
- Communities in Virginia have local governments.
- Volunteers help communities.
- Communities in Virginia include people with different ethnic origins, customs, and traditions.
- Most Virginians contribute to their communities and are united as Americans by common principles.
Essential Questions:
- Why are local governments important?
- Why do communities need volunteers?
- How do Virginians of different ethnic origins, customs, and traditions share common principles?
- What common principles unite Virginians as Americans?
Essential Knowledge:
Communities in Virginia have local governments that
- are elected by the people
- try to make the community a better place to live and work.
- Volunteers work to make communities better.
- Communities in Virginia include people of many ethnic origins who come from different places around the world.
- Most Virginians make valuable contributions to their communities.
- People celebrate American holidays and traditions in addition to their own cultural holidays and traditions.
- People in our communities are united as Americans by common principles and traditions, such as
- celebrating Independence Day (Fourth of July)
- pledging allegiance to the flag
- voting in elections.