Quinn Albo

Spring 2018 - ELED 510: Integrated Arts Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Virginia Regions Products and Industries

OBJECTIVES
VS.10b: The student will demonstrate an understanding of Virginia government, geography, and
economics by describing the major products and industries important to Virginia’s economy.
Understand ​- What are the Know ​- What are the facts, rules, specific Do ​- What are the specific
broad generalizations the data the students will gain through this thinking behaviors students
students should begin to lesson? will be able to do through this
develop? lesson?

Students will understand Students will know that: Students will be able to:
that: The service industry is important in Name the main industries and
- Available resources Virginia. Jobs in this industry include: products for each of the five
(natural, human, and - private health care, computer regions in Virginia.
capital), as well as programming or systems design, and
geography, are major engineering Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
factors in what is - government services, including - Products: seafood,
produced in the state. operation of public schools, hospitals, peanuts
- Major products and and military bases. - Industries: shipbuilding,
industries change Manufacturing (i.e., making goods on a tourism, military bases
over time as people large scale, using machinery) is a top Piedmont
and businesses buy industry, including jobs involving: - Products: tobacco
different goods and - Ships products, information
services. - tobacco products technology
- beverages (such as soft drinks) - Industries: federal and
- chemical goods state government,
- motor vehicle parts and trucks. farming, horse industry
Agriculture is an important industry Blue Ridge Mountains
because of fertile soil and climate. Jobs: - Products: apples
- Livestock - Industries: recreation,
- Soybeans, corn, tobacco, tomatoes, farming
apples, and peanuts are cash crops Valley and Ridge
- Tobacco has been replaced by - Products: poultry, apples,
livestock and products as the state’s dairy, beef
most valuable source - Industries: farming
Access to deepwater ports and proximity Appalachian Plateau
to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic - Products: coal
Ocean make shipbuilding, fishing, - Industries: coal mining
crabbing, and oyster harvesting possible.

Coal is less crucial to Virginia’s economy

as businesses and individuals shift to
other sources of energy
ASSESSING LEARNING

Student: Coastal Piedmont Blue Ridge Valley and Appalachian

Plain/Tidewater Mountains Ridge Plateau

Student A

Student B

Student C

MATERIALS NEEDED
- Note sheets (attached to lesson plan)
- Props
- “Stage” area
- Exit slips

PLAN
I. Intro: We will begin the lesson by reviewing the prior day’s learning. This included an
introduction to the ideas of products and industries, as well as the significance of this topic.
During the review of the previous lesson, we will also briefly review the five regions of Virginia
by looking over the map of the state. Then, I will explain the outline for today’s lesson, described
below. I will explain to students that we will be learning about the products and industries that
characterize each region of Virginia.
II. After introducing the lesson, I will pass out the note sheets (attached below). We will read over
the first note sheet about important terms, and I will highlight several challenging concepts.
A. Students will be asked to explain in their own words what manufacturing, service, and
agriculture each mean.
B. We will read the note sheet together, discussing each term, product, or industry until I
feel that all students have a secure understanding of their significance.
C. We will then review the second note sheet together that explains the main products and
industries for each region of Virginia.
III. After reading the second note sheet, I will give the students more instructions for their skits. I will
assign each table a region of Virginia. Each table must then work as a group to create a short skit
that explains the main products and industries used and produced by their region of Virginia. The
skit should be silent and must demonstrate this information without relying on verbal explanation.
A. Each group will be given time to discuss and plan their skit, and then we will reconvene
as a group to watch the groups present.
IV. After each group presents, students will be given an exit ticket to verify that they attended to each
group’s presentation and know the main products and industries for each region.
VS.10b Terms and other knowledge:

Manufacturing​ (i.e., making goods on a large scale, using machinery) is a top industry, including
jobs involving:
- Ships
- tobacco​ products
- beverages​ (such as soft drinks)
- chemical goods
- motor vehicle​ parts and trucks.

Agriculture​ is an important industry because of ​fertile soil​ and ​climate​. Jobs include:
- Livestock
- Soybeans, corn, tobacco, tomatoes, apples, and peanuts are ​cash crops
- Tobacco​ has been ​replaced​ by livestock and products as the state’s most ​valuable​ source

The ​service​ industry is important in Virginia. Jobs in this industry include:

- private ​health care​, ​computer programming​ or systems design, and ​engineering
- government​ services, including operation of ​public schools, hospitals​, and ​military bases.

Access to deepwater ports and proximity to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean make
shipbuilding, fishing, crabbing, and oyster harvesting possible.

Coal is less crucial to Virginia’s economy as businesses and individuals shift to other sources of
energy.

Top products and services for Virginia include:

- architectural or engineering services
- banking and lending
- computer programming or systems design
- food products
- Shipbuilding
 Products and Industry of Virginia: EXIT SLIP 
Match the pair of industries and products to the region of Virginia they characterize.

A. ​Products​: apples
1. Coastal Plain/Tidewater _____ Industries​: recreation, farming

B. Products​: coal
2. Piedmont _____ Industries​: coal mining

C. Products​: poultry, apples, dairy, beef

3. Blue Ridge Mountains _____ Industries​: farming

D. Products​: tobacco products, information

4. Valley and Ridge ______
5. Appalachian Plateau ______
technology
Industries​: federal and state government, farming,
horse industry
E. Products​: seafood, peanuts
Industries​: shipbuilding, tourism, military bases

Products and Industry of Virginia: EXIT SLIP 

Match the pair of industries and products to the region of Virginia they characterize.

A. ​Products​: apples
6. Coastal Plain/Tidewater _____ Industries​: recreation, farming

B. Products​: coal
7. Piedmont _____ Industries​: coal mining

C. Products​: poultry, apples, dairy, beef

8. Blue Ridge Mountains _____ Industries​: farming

D. Products​: tobacco products, information

9. Valley and Ridge ______
10. Appalachian Plateau ______
technology
Industries​: federal and state government, farming,
horse industry
E. Products​: seafood, peanuts
Industries​: shipbuilding, tourism, military bases