Purpose of Trip to Maggie Walker House
Fourth Grade
Objective: This trip is necessary for students because they will learn about Maggie Walker's life and contributions. They will understand that she was a prominent figure in Virginia's history.
SOL:
VS.9 The student will demonstrate knowledge of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Virginia by
a) describing the economic and social transition from a rural, agricultural society to a more
urban, industrialized society, including the reasons people came to Virginia from other
states and countries;
c) identifying the social and political events in Virginia linked to desegregation and Massive
Resistance and their relationship to national history;
d) identifying the political, social, and/or economic contributions made by Maggie L. Walker; Harry F. Byrd, Sr.; Oliver W. Hill; Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.; A. Linwood Holton, Jr.; and
L. Douglas Wilder.
Source: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/history_socialscience/next_version/stds_virginia_studies.pdf
SOL:
VS.9 The student will demonstrate knowledge of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Virginia by
a) describing the economic and social transition from a rural, agricultural society to a more
urban, industrialized society, including the reasons people came to Virginia from other
states and countries;
c) identifying the social and political events in Virginia linked to desegregation and Massive
Resistance and their relationship to national history;
d) identifying the political, social, and/or economic contributions made by Maggie L. Walker; Harry F. Byrd, Sr.; Oliver W. Hill; Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.; A. Linwood Holton, Jr.; and
L. Douglas Wilder.
Source: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/history_socialscience/next_version/stds_virginia_studies.pdf