HIS 0400: 4th Grade History & Geography

06/01/2026 to 05/30/2027 • Modified 04/13/2026
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Course Description

This course gives students an overview of the settlement of Virginia and the beginning of the United States of America. Students will see the development of the new nation and study the events and people that contributed to the free America we live in today. Students will take a journey through the founding of Jamestown to the present. Geographic, economic, and civic concepts are presented within this historical context. Ideas that form the foundation for political institutions in Virginia and the United States will be included as part of the story of Virginia.

Next Start Date*

Next Monday

Prerequisite

3rd Grade History

Schedule

Module 1: Virginia Geography

  • Week 1: Virginia
  • Week 2: Exploring Virginia
  • Week 3: Regions of Virginia

Module 2: Virginia’s Indigenous People

  • Week 4: Indigenous Nations of Virginia
  • Week 5: Languages of the Land

Module 3: Early Virginia

  • Week 6: English Colonization in America
  • Week 7: A Difficult Beginning
  • Week 8: A Growing Economy
  • Week 9: Quarter One Review

Module 4: Virginia Grows & a Revolution Begins

  • Week 10: Trade, Choices, & Changing Capitals
  • Week 11: Culture of Colonial Virginia
  • Week 12: Why the Colonists Fought for Freedom

Module 5: Fighting for Freedom to Build a New Nation

  • Week 13: Virginia Joins the Fight for Freedom
  • Week 14: Choosing Sides
  • Week 15: Virginia’s Road to Victory
  • Week 16: Virginians Who Shaped the Nation
  • Week 17: Westward Expansion
  • Week 18: Quarter Two Review

Module 6: The Civil War

  • Week 19: A Country Divided
  • Week 20: Abolitionists
  • Week 21: A War Between States
  • Week 22: Civil War Heroes from Virginia
  • Week 23: Big Battles in Virginia

Module 7: Life After the Civil War

  • Week 24: Rebuilding Virginia
  • Week 25: How the Amendments Changed America
  • Week 26: Rules, Rights, & Voices
  • Week 27: Quarter Three Review

Module 8: Work & War: Virginia Grows Stronger

  • Week 28: Virginia on the Go
  • Week 29: The Industrial Revolution
  • Week 30: World War 1
  • Week 31: World War 11

Module 9: Civil Rights Movements & Present Day Virginia

  • Week 32: Fighting for Fairness
  • Week 33: Voices of Change
  • Week 34: Voices for Equal Rights
  • Week 35: Virginia Today
  • Week 36: Quarter Four Review
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*Course specifics are tentative and subject to change each year. For the most current information, please refer to the Course Registration Tool.
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