Monticello: Thomas Jefferson’s Autobiography

Duration: 90 min
Overview

What was Thomas Jefferson’s public persona and private personality? In this lesson students will use Monticello, Jefferson’s meticulously designed home, as a primary source in their analysis and eventual determination of Jefferson’s public persona and private personality.

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Grade Level

High School

Type of Lesson

Cooperative Learning

Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2

Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.

Author Info

Kelsey Snyder
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Eden Prairie High School
Eden Prairie, Minnesota