We are dedicated to serving as the state-wide hub for the teaching of Virginia history through providing engaging learning resources, educational online tools, and meaningful multimedia content for educators, students, and history lovers of all ages.

ENHANCE YOUR CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE WITH THESE ONLINE FEATURES:

• The Story of Virginia Digital Timeline: Explore Virginia's history through an interactive timeline of primary sources from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and Library of Congress. 

• Online Exhibitions & Virtual Tours: Explore the VMHC digitally by taking a 360-degree tour of the exhibitions and reading the online exhibition text or narrative. The following exhibits are available online: 

  • The Story of Virginia:

    • 360-Degree Tour | Online Exhibition Narrative |Recommended student activity: VMHC Virtual Visit Find & Sketch

  • Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality: 

    • 360-Degree Tour | Recommended student activity: Determined Pre- and Post-Worksheet

  • Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia from Women's Suffrage to Today

    • 360-Degree Tour | Recommended student activity: Equal Suffrage League Membership Card

• Primary Source Sets and Student Activities

  • You Be the Curator!: This activity is designed for students to explore the role of a museum curator and learn about the role objects play in storytelling in museum exhibitions. Using a pre-curated packet of collections objects, students are asked to curate a mini-exhibition about the chosen topic. This activity works well for grades 4 - 12. Secondary students can go beyond simple object selection by creating exhibit labels and titles using the worksheets in the instruction packet.

    • You Be the Curator Instructions & Worksheet Packet | You Be the Curator Object Image Packet | You Be the Curator Example Student Exhibit

  • Teaching with Photographs: Teaching with Photographs is a primary source tool designed to be used by both teachers and students, inside and outside the classroom.

  • Linking to our Past: Linking to our Past is designed to help students analyze and explore specific items related to African American history from the VMHC collections.

• Educational Videos: Our educational videos are designed for a K-12 Audience. These videos are based on the Standards of Learning (SOL) and include animated primary source documents. 

• Notable Dates in Virginia History: Turn back the pages of the calendar and learn about notable dates in Virginia history.

• Color Our Collections: Download coloring pages created from the VMHC collections and unleash your creativity!

Have questions? Contact Hailey Fenner, Manager of Digital Learning, at hfenner@VirginiaHistory.org or 804.342.9689.