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The DVDs are provided free of charge by generous grants from
the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association &
the Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation.
Program 1: Inspired to Fly
Audience: Students in Grades 4-8
Introduces the principles and practices of early powered flight [45 min.]
Program 2: Higher, Faster, Farther!
Audience: Students in Grades 4-8
Explores revolutionary innovations in flight speed, distance, and aviation technology [45 min.]
Program 3: Blast Off!!!
Audience: Students in Grades 4-8
Examines the history of rocket-propelled flight, the space race, the lunar landing, and the space shuttle program [60 min.]
Program 4: From Above
Audience: Students in Grades 4-8
Explores what flying above the Earth teaches us about the planet and its inhabitants [45 min.]
Program 5: On the Red Planet
Audience: Students in Grades 4-8
Explores how scientist are studying the Red Planet and what that information tells us about our own planet [45 min.]
The DVDs are provided free of charge by a generous partnership with
George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens.
The Challenges of Nationhood: Presidential Perspectives
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Explores the struggles to establish a nation as seen through the eyes of our nation's first four presidents [60 min.]
The Constitution and Executive Power
Audience: Educators & Students in Grades 9-12
Host Julie Silverbrook and historians Joseph Ellis and Carol Berkin explore executive powers [60 min.]
First in War: George Washington and the American Revolution
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Explores how Washington’s leadership was instrumental in securing American independence [60 min.]
Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies
Audience Students in Grades
Explores the struggles to establish a nation as seen through the eyes of our nation’s first First Ladies [60 min]
Fractured Union
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Examines the complex relationships between — Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Mason [60 min.]
Funding a Nation: Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton
Audience: Educators
Explores the discussions between Washington and two members of his cabinet on financing the government. [90 min.]
Hear My Story: The Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Continues the slaves stories from I Ain't No Three Fifths of a Person: Slavery and the Constitution [45 min.]
History Meets Hollywood
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Explores the positive and negative results of portraying historical figures and events through popular film [45 min.]
History Notes: The Music of Washington's World
Audience: Students in Grades 6-9
Explores the music of America that George Washington would have heard on the battlefields and in the ballroom [45 min.]
I Ain't No Three Fifths of a Person: Slavery and the Constitution
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Explores the perspectives of Mount Vernon and Monticello slaves to events during the founding of our nation [45 min.]
Inaugural Visions: Presidents Washington to Obama
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Looks at presidential inaugurations from George Washington to Barack Obama [60 min.]
Nation to Nation
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Explores whether Washington’s Indian diplomacy and policies set the stage for 19th century American policy [90 min.]
Primarily George
Audience: Educators
Educators highlight online primary source documents that can be used to teach students about George Washington [45 min.]
The Real George Washington
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Looks at George Washington’s significance in the founding of our nation [45 min.]
The Real Martha Washington
Audience: Students in Grades 3-5
Examines America's first first lady's incredibly full and vibrant life [30 min.]
Seed to Table: Farming at Mount Vernon
Audience: Students in Grades K-5
Profiles George Washington as a farmer and a businessman [30 min.]
Shaping the Presidency
Audience: Students in Grades 8-12
Looks at George Washington's impact on defining the office of the president [60 min.]
Slavery at Mount Vernon — Students in Grades 8-12
Examines the lives of the enslaved community at Mount Vernon and Washington’s changing attitudes toward slavery [45 min.]