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Teach Leadership and Legacy

Leadership and Legacy provides insight into the journey George Washington took to become a leader and an inspiration to others

MOUNT VERNON RESOURCES

Apotheosis of George Washington

Lesson plan asking students to use visual and text-based primary sources to explore ways in which George Washington was characterized after his death.

Apotheosis of George Washington

Artists Exalt George Washington

Several images from different artists that illustrate the "Apotheosis of Washington."

Artists Exalt George Washington

Bastille Key Digital Encyclopedia Entry

An article discussing the Bastille key gifted to Washington by Marquis de Lafayette.

Bastille Key Digital Encyclopedia Entry

Central Passage: The Bastille Key

Explore the Central Passage of the Mansion House, in which the Key to the Bastille is displayed.

Central Passage: The Bastille Key

Character Chronicles

Ten newspaper-style explorations into the character traits of George Washington.

Character Chronicles

Crossing of the Delaware Digital Encyclopedia Entry

Article and interactive map discussing the significance of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River.

Crossing of the Delaware Digital Encyclopedia Entry

Explore Washington Crossing the Delaware

Interactive tool to explore Emanuel Leutze's 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.

Explore Washington Crossing the Delaware

George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette Digital Encyclopedia Entry

An article discussing the relationship between George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette.

George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette Digital Encyclopedia Entry

George Washington Crossing the Delaware

An interactive painting depicting George Washington crossing the Delaware River.

George Washington Crossing the Delaware

George Washington's Foreign Policy

A lesson plan discussing Washington's Farewell Address and foreign policy.

George Washington's Foreign Policy

Key to the Bastille

Object page for the key to the Bastille.

Key to the Bastille

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.

Leadership and Legacy

Legacy

Five video clips of George Washington and those close to him reflecting on his legacy

Legacy

Manners & Mores of Washington's America

Lesson plan examining the manners and mores of 18th century America and the personal rules of decorum George Washington lived by and how they connect to today.

Manners & Mores of Washington's America

Meet People from the Past: William Lee

A series of short videos by a character interpreter covering topics about Washington's enslaved valet William Lee.

Meet People from the Past: William Lee

Mourning George Washington Digital Encyclopedia Entry

Article exploring Washington's death and how he was mourned at Mount Vernon and by the country.

Mourning George Washington Digital Encyclopedia Entry

Music of Washington's World

Forty five minute program exploring the soundtrack of George Washingtons 18th century world.

Music of Washington's World

Rules of Civility

Article about the "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company."

Rules of Civility

Status of Slaves in Washington's Will Digital Encyclopedia Article

Article discussing the status of enslaved people in George Washingon's will.

Status of Slaves in Washington's Will Digital Encyclopedia Article

The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington

Fragment of a piece of fabric depicting the apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.

The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington

The Rules of Civility

Rules of behavior copied by George Washington when he was 16 years old.

The Rules of Civility

The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior

Student worksheet on the "Rules of Civility."

The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior

Tracing the History of the Slave Cemetery

Article discussing the cemetery where many enslaved people at Mount Vernon were buried, possibly including Billy Lee.

Tracing the History of the Slave Cemetery

Washington's Farewell Address

A transcription of Washington's Presidential Farewell Address.

Washington's Farewell Address

Winter Patriots

Film about the Winter Patriots during the Revolutionary War.

The Winter Patriots

Yorktown Campaign Digital Encyclopedia Entry

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

Yorktown Campaign Digital Encyclopedia Entry

Yorktown: Now or Never

Film on the Yorktown campaign of the Revolutionary War.

Yorktown: Now or Never

Teach Leadership and Legacy

Methodology

• PLACE
• OBJECTS
• DOCUMENTS
• VISUAL RESOURCES
• MUSIC
• FOOD
• BIOGRAPHY

Themes

• GOVERNMENT
• LEADERSHIP
• SLAVERY
• WOMEN
• AT WAR
• ECONOMICS