Teach with Place

Teaching with Place at Mount Vernon

Preparing Teachers to Teach with Historic Places. State of Maryland.

Teaching with Historic Places. National Park Service.

10 Facts about the Mansion

Illustrated list of facts about the home of George Washington.

George Washington at War

Teacher Resource page featuring select primary and secondary sources, classroom materials, and essentials questions for teaching the American Revolution.

George Washington the Farmer

Student worksheet on a painting depicting George Washington as a farmer at Mount Vernon.

George Washington, Entrepreneur

Teacher Resource page featuring select primary and secondary sources, classroom materials, and essentials questions for teaching about the business of Mount Vernon.

Gristmill Glossary of Terms

Glossary of 29 terms associated with the Gristmill along with a video (3:19 minutes) of the gristmill at work.

Home at Mount Vernon

Readers' Theater and Read Aloud Story exploring the daily lives of the people who lived and worked at Mount Vernon.

Leadership and Legacy

Teacher Resource page featuring select primary and secondary sources, classroom materials, and essentials questions for teaching George Washington's Leadership and Legacy.

Map: The Siege of Yorktown

Modern Map of the Siege of Yorktown in October 1781.

Map: The Yorktown Campaign of 1781

Modern map of the 1781 Yorktown campaign.

Martha Washington and the Women of the 18th Century

Teacher Resource page featuring select primary and secondary sources, classroom materials, and essentials questions for teaching about women in the 18th century.

Milling Process

Video (3:01 minutes) of Mount Vernon's master miller, Steve Bashore, describing the 18th-century milling process used by Washington in the gristmill on his plantation.

Mount Vernon Mansion Expansion

An animation (1:02 minutes) of the changes to Mount Vernon's structure during the 18th century.

Mount Vernon Virtual Tour

Tour the Mansion House, support buildings, gristmill and distillery online.

Overview of the Gristmill Digital Encyclopedia Entry

Article that provides an overview of Washington's gristmill and an explanation and diagram of the Evans system.

Slavery in George Washington's World

Teacher Resource page featuring select primary and secondary sources, classroom materials, and essentials questions for teaching slavery.

The Chintz Room

Mount Vernon web page exploring the Chintz Room, possibly used as Nelly Custis' bedchamber.

The Vaughan Plan Digital Encyclopedia Entry

Map showing how the Mansion and outbuildings looked in 1787.

Virtual Tour of the Gristmill and Distillery

Tour George Washington's Gristmill and Distillery online.

Yorktown Campaign Digital Encyclopedia Entry

Article describing the importance of the Yorktown campaign in the Revolutionary War.

Yorktown: Now or Never

Film on the Yorktown campaign of the Revolutionary War.

Yorktown: Now or Never (Elementary School)

Secondary source analysis worksheet for the film "Now or Never: The Yorktown Campaign."

Yorktown: Now or Never (High School)

Secondary source analysis worksheet for the film "Now or Never: The Yorktown Campaign."

Yorktown: Now or Never (Middle School)

Secondary source analysis worksheet for the film "Now or Never: The Yorktown Campaign."