In this activity, students complete a fill-in-the-blank worksheet featuring key events of the American Revolution, including the Boston Tea Party, the Crossing of the Delaware, and the Victory at Yorktown.

In this lesson, students draw a connection between George Washington’s establishment of the two-term precedent for the presidency and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s breaking of that precedent nearly 150 years later. In this lesson, students will analyze multiple primary and secondary sources, both collaboratively and independently. Discussion and debate is a large focus of this lesson. Students will make interdisciplinary connections between history and government/civics.

This video describes the events and outcomes of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and George's Washington's role at the convention.

This lesson draws a connection between the threat of smallpox during the Revolutionary War and the influenza pandemic during World War I. In this lesson, students will utilize educational technology to consult primary, secondary, and tertiary sources in the completion of a webquest. Writing across the curriculum is a large focus of this lesson.

This lesson plan facilitates discussion with students about the challenges that faced George Washington as the first President of the United States.

This video portrays how the structure, powers and authority of a new federal government led to political conflict, negotiation, and compromise through an examination of the actions and belief structures of key players such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. Bothe commentary and theatrical reenactment are used to present the information.

This lesson focuses on George Washington’s character and civic virtues and examines the connection between those virtues and fostering a democratic and free society in the United States.

In this lesson, students investigate and analyze the historical context of the Revolutionary War song, "Yankee Doodle." As a culminating activity, students will be asked to create their own additional verses about George Washington to the tune of the song.

This inquiry-based module provides primary and secondary sources to help students answer the question: “Why was ice cream an exclusive treat at Mount Vernon long ago?” Using a familiar sweet treat as an entry point, the students research and analyze the lives of enslaved individuals, specialized skills, and the objects that went into serving a single dish of ice cream. Source materials include farm reports, material culture objects, rooms, maps, and biographies.

This inquiry-based module provides primary and secondary sources to help students answer the question: “Why was ice cream an exclusive treat at Mount Vernon long ago?” Using a familiar sweet treat as an entry point, the students research and analyze the lives of enslaved individuals, specialized skills, and the objects that went into serving a single dish of ice cream. Source materials include farm reports, material culture objects, rooms, maps, and biographies.

This video re-enactment portrays Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton debating issues of scope and power of the state and national governments.

In this activity, students complete a primary source worksheet focused on close reading skills. Students are asked to use historical thinking skills to source a map of George Washington's five farms.

This video portrays how the values, ideas, and actions of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson influenced relationships with Native Americans and directed the westward expansion of the United States. A panel of experts offer perspectives on these topics.

In this lesson, students compare how both George and Martha Washington felt about General Washington becoming the first President of the United States. Students should complete the George Washington's Letter to Henry Knox about the Presidency and Martha Washington's Letter about the Presidency worksheets prior to beginning this activity.

In this activity, students complete a primary source worksheet focused on close reading skills. Students are asked to read and analyze Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789.

In this activity, students analyze political cartoons that address three of the major issues that affected Washington's presidency: the president's title, the Jay treaty, and the existence of a national bank. Students will create captions for the cartoons using provided background information, then write an exhibit label for the cartoon and caption.

In this lesson, students analyze primary and secondary source documents to make claims regarding slave life at Mount Vernon. As an optional extension, they can create a biography about one of the individuals identified.

In this activity, students complete a graphic organizer to help guide elementary students in analyzing and evaluating source material as historic resources. This worksheet was created to accompany a 20-minute video about Yorktown, the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.

In this activity, students complete a graphic organizer to help guide high school students in analyzing and evaluating secondary source material as historic resources. This worksheet was created to accompany a 20-minute video about Yorktown, the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.