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    Petersburg

    National Battlefield Virginia

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Standards of Learning

The following standards of learning objectives appy to the state of Virginia only. Educators within the state can plan an educational visit to the Battlefield that will fulfill certain standards set by the state.

Prisoners of Petersburg

English: K.2, K.3, 1.1, 1.3, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
History and Social Sciences: K.1, 1.1, 1.2, 3.13, 4.1, 4.4, 4.7, 5.7, 5.9, 11.6, 11.17

Portrait of a Soldier

English: 3.1, 4.1, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
History and Social Sciences: 3.12, 3.13, 4.1, 4.4, 4.7, 5.3, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 11.6, 11.17

A City Under Siege

English: 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
History and Social Sciences: 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.10, 4.1, 4.2, 5.6, 5.7, 5.9, 11.6, 11.15, 11.17

Woe to the Wounded

English: 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
History and Social Sciences: 3.13, 4.4, 4.7, 5.7, 5.9

A Slave, A Plantation, A War

English: K.1, K.2, K.3, 1.1, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
History and Social Sciences: K.1, K.5, K.6, 1.1, 1.2, 2.9, 3.3, 3.7, 3.10, 3.13, 4.1, 4.4, 5.3, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 11.6, 11.17

Did You Know?

Depot Field Hospital

The Depot Field Hospital, which was located in City Point, Virginia, (present day Hopewell) was  the largest field hospital for Union or Southern troops during the Civil War. (Petersburg National Battlefield)