Topic: Jefferson's Personal Life & Family
Lesson Plan
Slavery and the Legacy of Thomas Jefferson
Students will critically evaluate and reflect on information concerning the life of Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder. They will also examine slavery at Monticello and the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s...
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‘Edgehill’ portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Painting of Thomas Jefferson by Gilbert Stuart
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Jefferson’s notes on his epitaph and gravemarker
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Jefferson’s Obelisk Gravemarker
This obelisk is larger replacement for the original marker that Jefferson designed for himself.
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Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia
Jefferson was very proud of this map which was drawn by his father Peter and Colonel Joshua Fry and first published in 1752.Lesson Plan
Founding Daughter: Commemorating the Life & Leadership of Martha Jefferson Randolph
After researching the life of Martha Jefferson Randolph, students will formulate questions, interpret primary sources and construct evidence to support an argument. Students will be able to answer essential questions,...Lesson Plan
Monticello: Thomas Jefferson’s Autobiography
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...
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View of the West Front of Monticello and Garden
This painting by Richmond artist Jane Braddick Peticolas shows Jefferson’s daughthers Mary and Cornelia along with their brother George Wythe Randolph....
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Brief Biography of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is famous for writing the Declaration of Independence and for being the third president of the United States. Jefferson had many other interests and identities. He loved architecture and designed his own house. He loved science and studied the natural world. He was a plantation owner. He was a father and grandfather to his large family. Jefferson lived a very long and full life.
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