Topic: Jefferson's Public Life & Politics

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Thomas Jefferson and Public Education

Jeffersons Bill 79: The Education Pyramid
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Thomas Jefferson Quotes on Education

A selection of Jefferson quotations on the subject of education.

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Thomas Jefferson Timeline

An Overview of the Public and Private Accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson’s Attitudes Toward Slavery

This unit takes a look at Thomas Jefferson's writings on slavery throughout the course of his lifetime and places them on a timeline of major events of his life. ...
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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...
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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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Thomas Jefferson’s Expectations

Using Jefferson quotes and primary and secondary sources, this lesson focuses on the importance of education and why we need to value education today. The goal of the lesson is...
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Timeline of Thomas Jefferson’s Life

A timeline of significant events in Thomas Jefferson's public and private life.

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Using Epistolary Forms as Historical/Social Context in Understanding Seminal Texts: Thomas Jefferson’s Letters from Paris, France as a Preclude to Charles Dicken’s, Tale of Two Cities.

This is a Lesson that is part of a six part Unit that serves as the precursor to reading Charles Dickens’ seminal text on social commentary, A Tale of Two...
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VA Statute for Religious Freedom, I. Semantic Map

The objective of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom lesson is to introduce students to this work as a primary source document in order to understand events in history, make...