\nComic sample page #2: Where did Africans settle Virginia?<\/a>
\nTopics covered<\/a> in this comic book
\nTeacher’s Guide<\/a> for this comic<\/p>\n
<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> 5 Regions includes the following topics: Chapter 2: 3 Capitals<\/strong> 3 Capitals includes the following topics: Chapter 3: Settlement Patterns<\/strong> Settlement Patterns includes the following topics:<\/p>\n What groups settled early Virginia? Chapter 4: The James River<\/strong> The James River includes the following topics: <\/a><\/p>\n The first permanent British settlement in North America was also the first capital of Virginia. But Jamestown was a killer – the swampy land carried diseases that killed thousands of colonists. One winter there was cannibalism! Trace the struggle that … Continue reading
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\nChapter 1: 5 Regions<\/strong>
\nGeography is the study of the physical surface of an area and its animals, climate, and resources. There are five different kinds of land areas in Virginia. It is a state whose geography spreads from low, coastal land up to very old mountains. There is even a small plateau tucked in the corner. Chester takes to the skies in his Piper Crab plane to get the best view of all five regions . . .<\/p>\n
\nWhat can you see in Virginia?
\nWhere does water fall in Virginia?
\nWhy are those mountains blue?
\nWhere is the apple basket of Virginia?
\nWhere do those coal trains start?<\/p>\n
\nDid you know that Virginia has had three different capital cities in its 400-year history? Chester takes a look at the choices and goals that put the colony\u2019s government first in swampy Jamestown, then at the Middle Plantation area renamed Williamsburg, then on the Fall Line city we now call Richmond …<\/p>\n
\nWhy did Virginia have 3 capitals?
\nWhy was Jamestown a sick capital?
\nWhere was Virginia\u2019s second capital?
\nHow did people live in Williamsburg?
\nWhy did Virginia get a third capital?<\/p>\n
\nThe First Americans have lived for thousands of years in the area we now call Virginia. In the 1600s people came from other continents to build new settlements across the land England claimed as a colony. Some of these settlers came by choice. Some came because they were forced to. Each group added to the culture and history that all Virginians share today . . .<\/p>\n
\nWhere did Africans settle in Virginia?
\nWhere did the Scotch-Irish settle?
\nWhere did Germans settle in Virginia?
\nHow did the early settlers shape Virginia?<\/p>\n
\nOne way to experience a lot of Virginia is to take a trip down the James River. This waterway touches four of the five regions of the Old Dominion, from its beginning as a trickling stream in the mountain regions to the Fall Line to the meandering, murky water of the Coastal Plains region . . .<\/p>\n
\nWhere does the James River begin?
\nWho lives in the freshwater James?
\nWhat happens at Virginia\u2019s Fall Line?
\nHow did kepone hurt the James?
\nWhat do tides do to the James?<\/p>\nView the\u00a0Teacher’s Guide<\/a>\u00a0for this comic.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"