Document Bank of Virginia (DBVa) is the Library of Virginia’s initiative to get primary sources into classrooms. Using documents from our collections, teachers can make history relevant to students while helping them learn and understand the Standards of Learning (SOL) developed by the Virginia Department of Education for History as well as other subjects.
Select the links below to find manuscript materials, photographs, maps, audio files, newspapers, and other documents related to events, people, and concepts in specific SOLs for grades 4 –12.
History and Social Science Standards of Learning
Virginia Studies
US History to 1865
US History 1865 to Present
Civics and Economics
World Geography
World Geography & Geography 1500 to Present
Virginia and US History
Virginia and US Government
- GOVT.1
- GOVT.2
- GOVT.3
- GOVT.5
- GOVT.6
- GOVT.7
- GOVT.8
- GOVT.9
- GOVT.10
- GOVT.11
- GOVT.14
- GOVT.15
- GOVT.16
- GOVT.18
- GOVT.19