"Story of Virginia" Exhibit
Caroline Legros gave a tour of the “Story of Virginia” exhibit at the Virginia Historical Society and highlighted items that tell the story of Virginia’s growth. Items shown included a 400 year old canoe, spectacles worn by Patrick Henry, a whipping post used to publicly punish slaves, and clothes worn by leaders of the women’s suffrage and civil rights movements.
Description
Caroline Legros gave a tour of the “Story of Virginia” exhibit at the Virginia Historical Society and highlighted items that tell the story of Virginia’s growth. Items shown included a 400 year old canoe, spectacles worn by Patrick Henry, a whipping post used to publicly punish slaves, and clothes worn by leaders of the women’s suffrage and civil rights movements.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What does the canoe represent in Virginia's cultural history?
- What do the artifacts like the jack of plate armor indicate about colonial Virginia?
- What role did the state of Virginia play in the slave trade?
- What was significant Robert E. Lee's decision to cut the stars from his uniform collar?
- What were the effects of Jim Crow Laws on Virginia's economy?
- Who was Oliver Hill and what did he contribute to Virginia's history?
Participants
Vocabulary
- American Revolution
- Antebellum Slavery
- Civil Rights
- Colonial Virginia
- Confederacy
- European Settlers
- George Henry Thomas
- Jack Of Plate Armor
- Laura Houston
- Maggie Walker
- Native Americans
- Oliver Hill
- Patrick Henry
- Seminal Mexican Wars
- Slave Labor
- Tobacco Industry
- Union
- Women’s Suffrage Movement