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Virginia SOL 2.HI.6

Describe the contributions and roles of changemakers in United States history.

Study 2.HI.6 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 2 History

What students need to be able to do

  • Describe the contributions of scholars and inventors including Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Banneker, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Steve Jobs, Jonas Salk, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Mary Jackson.
  • Describe the contributions of explorers and adventurers including Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea, Neil Armstrong, and Amelia Earhart.
  • Describe the contributions of reformers and champions including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, Cesar Chavez, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sen. Daniel Inouye, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama.