Shot on location at Mount Vernon's Pioneer Farm and Gristmill sites, this exciting, colorful program gives your classroom a chance to tag along with a group of students attending one of Mount Vernon's most popular field trip programs!
Students will learn more about George Washington as an innovative farmer and businessperson. They will explore how a farm works, how farm resources are managed, how the foods we eat are produced, and how simple machinery functions. In addition, the program provides information about the operation of a water-powered gristmill, the jobs that exist at a farm and mill, and the importance of animals to farming. Students will also visit a restored slave cabin and witness costumed first-person interpreters' research-based accounts of how enslaved laborers lived on the plantation and made valuable contributions to support its work.
Grades K-5, 30 mins.
Educators: To order a FREE copy of this DVD (one per school) and a companion teaching manual, please send the request on school letterhead to the following address:
Fairfax Network, 4414 Holborn Avenue, Annandale, VA 22003
Additional copies may be purchased by visiting this link.
