Designed to accompany and supplement the notebook "Resources for Teaching Virginia Government," this quarterly newsletter presents ideas, teaching strategies, and materials for government teachers and students. Issue No. 1 includes: (1) "The Gubernatorial Tenure Debate"; (2) "The Robb Years: An Interview with Larry…

Resource materials, ideas, and teaching methods are provided for students and teachers in this quarterly newsletter that accompanies and supplements "Resources for Teaching Virginia Government." Issue No. 1 includes: (1) "A Clarion Call to Teachers" (S. Fitz-Hugh); (2) "A General Registrar Speaks Out: An Interview with…

Designed for inclusion in an eighth grade course on U.S. history or civics, this unit introduces local students to the history of Alexandria (Virginia) through a study of its buildings and urban growth. By examining factors which have changed the community (technology, transportation, economic influences) as well as the relationship between…