For Virginians: Government Matters
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Title
For Virginians: Government Matters
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Title
For Virginians: Government Matters
Description
For Virginians: Government Matters is a free online teaching and learning resource highlighting active citizen involvement, the impact of state and local government on daily life, and how individuals shape their communities in the Commonwealth.
For Virginians: Government Matters is a free website with four key features: a Teaching Source Database with introductions and essential questions to offer guidance on how to use those sources critically and tools for annotating and organizing the sources; Website Reviews that focus on valuable online resources for teaching and learning Virginia state and local government;
Teaching Activities focused on state and local government that provide context, teaching tools, and strategies for teaching primary sources drawn from the Teaching Source Database; and Teaching Case Studies by experienced scholars and teachers that model strategies for using primary sources to teach state and local government in the Commonwealth.
For Virginians: Government Matters is a free website with four key features: a Teaching Source Database with introductions and essential questions to offer guidance on how to use those sources critically and tools for annotating and organizing the sources; Website Reviews that focus on valuable online resources for teaching and learning Virginia state and local government;
Teaching Activities focused on state and local government that provide context, teaching tools, and strategies for teaching primary sources drawn from the Teaching Source Database; and Teaching Case Studies by experienced scholars and teachers that model strategies for using primary sources to teach state and local government in the Commonwealth.
Start Date
10/01/2008
End Date
10/31/2009
Director(s)
Kelly Schrum
Manager(s)
Katherine Gustin
Web Designer(s)
Chris Raymond
Programmers
Ken Albers
Staff Members
Emily Perdue
Liz Moore
Kristin May
Chris Raymond
Affiliates
Melanie Biermann
Rob Campbell
Jessica Cromer
Jim Dillard
Shawn English
Steve Farnsworth
Jeff Geiger
Cliff Gold
Harry E. Gregori, Jr.
Charlie Grymes
Karen Head
Meg Heubeck
Bob Holsworth
Quentin Kidd
Joe LaRocco
Georgia Lesser
Linda Long
Rebecca Mills
Mark Rozell
Deborah Sprenger
Kenneth Stroupe
Kelly Walker
Tanya Wanchek
Karenne Wood
Beverly Thurston
Project URL
Funder
Virginia Department of Education
Files
Collection
Citation
“For Virginians: Government Matters,” RRCHNM20, accessed December 12, 2024, https://20.rrchnm.org/items/show/250.
Item Relations
| This Item | foaf:fundedBy | Item: Virginia Department of Education |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Kelly Schrum |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Katherine Gustin |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Chris Raymond |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Ken Albers |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Emily Perdue |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Liz Moore |