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Book Report Guide

Find a book about horses, pigs, sheep, or cows - all animals at Mount Vernon! - and use this book report to record your findings.

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Seeking Freedom: Notetaking Guide

This guide helps students record and compare the stories of individuals who sought freedom from Mount Vernon.

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Biography Investigation Guide

Learn about the people who lived and labored at Mount Vernon with this helpful notetaking guide geared towards all learners.

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The Founding of the U.S. Government Infographic

This infographic covers the basics of the formation of the U.S. Government through visuals, graphics, and primary sources. It reads at an upper-elementary level, perfect for struggling readers, emerging English speakers, visual learners, or the average student.

Created by LifeGuard Teacher Fellows Emily Finch and Tamera Johnson.

 

 

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Lives Bound Together Suggested Activities

These scaffolded Activity Suggestion Sheets give quick, grab-and-go activities for you to implement into lesson plans. The sheets cover the lives and stories of the people enslaved at Mount Vernon.

These sheets were created by 2024 LifeGuard Teacher Fellows Kristin Pankey and Andrea Thompson.

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Animal Matching Cards

Use these matching cards to name the types of animals that live at Mount Vernon.

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Colonial Life Activities

These grab-and-go activity suggestions support instruction in colonial textiles and foodways, using archaeology and other primary sources to demonstrate different aspects of colonial life.

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Artifact Observations

Use this helpful notetaking sheet to have young students record observations about an archaeological artifact.

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The Founding of the U.S. Government Suggested Activity Sheets

These activity sheets provide grab-and-go activity ideas about the foundation of the U.S. Constitution, government, and presidency. With different options for Elementary, Middle, and High School students, these activity suggestion sheets have something for every grade level. These sheets were created by 2024 LifeGuard Teacher Fellows Emily Finch and Tamera Johnson.

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