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Tour Monticello!
From: Everyday Americans, Exceptional Americans
Grade Level: (MS), (HS), (College)
Remote Ready: Yes!
Time: 1 Class Period or Less
Length of Reading: None
Our Summary of
Monticello Tour
Follow a tour guide through Thomas Jefferson's house, Monticello. The four parts total about 28 minutes in length.
An important question for students to ponder while they watch is: Who are TJ's big 3? Do a little research on these 3 Enlightenment thinkers whose portraits hang at Monticello. What do you think TJ learned from them, based on what TJ wrote in the Declaration of Independence?
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Grade Level: (MS), (HS), (College)
- We put these in parentheses because there is no specified age group for the activity.
- However, we think it would be excellent for Middle School (MS), High School (HS), and College Students.
Remote Ready: Yes!
- Links to the film can easily be emailed or posted for students.
- Paraphrase questions into your LMS so you can grade student’s written answers online rather than in an email or on a worksheet. Or if a graphic organizer is amazingly well done, you could have your students take a picture of their completed work and email it to you.
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