Collection of Sources

• Store at Tuggle Gap (2019)

• Kelley School

• Thompson’s Store (2019)

• Fries, VA (1911)

• View of the Washington Mills, Fries VA (1910)

• • Hotel Mons (1930s)

• Graysville Store (2019)

• Oral History of Ralph Lee Barnard (2019):  Document attached after plans.

Virginia Standards of Learning:

VUS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by

1. a)   synthesizing evidence from artifacts and primary and secondary sources to obtain information about events in Virginia and United States history;
   e)   comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives in Virginia and United States history;
   f)   explaining how indirect cause-and-effect relationships impact people, places, and events in Virginia and United States history;
   j)   investigating and researching to develop products orally and in writing.

Objectives

1. Students will analyze primary and secondary sources and draw conclusions about local economies in the early 1900s.
2. Students will compare and contrast local economies now and in the past.
3. Students will analyze an account of how local residents could make money.

Teaching Strategies

1. Individual, paired, or guided reading of the interview.  
2. Individual or partner work completing a gallery walk to analyze images of elements of the local economy either in the classroom or online.
3. Group discussion of how the interviewee, and therefore many other individuals, made money as well as how businesses and the mill were part of the economy.
4. Students create their own business.