Topic: Agriculture & Farming
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Textiles at Monticello: Gender and Work
The purpose this overview is to alert teachers to the fact that there are three lesson plans that can either be used together or separately.Lesson 1. Uses secondary sources to teach...
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The Federal Edifice, from the Massachusetts Centinel
This image is a political cartoon published during the debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. It reflects the fact that by August 1788 eleven of the 13 states...
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The Old Plantation
This painting shows slaves dancing on a southern plantation. African music and dance traditions survived in America, where they also influenced the culture of southern whites. In real life, however,...
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Thomas Jefferson – Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Flora at Monticello
Thomas Jefferson spent countless hours studying the flora and fauna of the world around him. People often sent him seeds, and he would frequently gather seeds on his own to...Lesson Plan
Thomas Jefferson – Patient
The practice of medicine in Jefferson's time was based on time honored theories that often did more harm to the patient then good. Depending on one's station in life, medical care by...Lesson Plan
Thomas Jefferson’s World: Movie Guide for Middle and High School Classrooms (I)
A resource guide for designed for middle and high school classrooms, created to accompany the film THOMAS JEFFERSON’S WORLD...Lesson Plan
Thomas Jefferson’s World: Movie Guide for Middle and High School Classrooms (II)
A resource guide for designed for middle and high school classrooms, created to accompany the film THOMAS JEFFERSON’S WORLD...
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To the British Settlements in America upon Slave-keeping
In this 1773 pamphlet, Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia condemned slavery as morally wrong. He also insisted that the continued existence of slavery endangered the liberty and prosperity of white people....
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