mount vernon partnership
With the generous support of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, Mount Vernon and the Fairfax Network have partnered to provide schools with engaging and FREE distance learning broadcasts.
George Washington’s
Mount Vernon Estate,
Museum & Gardens
Suggested Resources
Discover the Real George Washington
Website and interactive timeline from Mount Vernon
“Primarily George”: Documents on the Nation’s First President
From Massachusetts Historical Society's Education Department
FREE DVD
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Fairfax Network
4414 Holborn Avenue
Annandale, VA 22003
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Video Gallery
Watch video clips from previous programs.
February 22, 2012 · Grades 9-12 · 45 minutes
Hosted by award-winning journalist, Cokie Roberts, this 45-minute program features Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough. Mr. McCullough shares his insights into George Washington’s significance in the founding of our nation.
An exciting program feature is a sneak preview of the many treasures in the galleries of the new Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center and the Ford Orientation Center. This state-of-the-art exhibition space reveals the complex and multifaceted man that was the real George Washington.
David McCullough discusses
Washington’s lack of a formal education.
Programs
The Challenges of Nationhood: Presidential Perspectives
The Constitution and
Executive Power
First In War: George Washington and the American Revolution
Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies
Funding a Nation: Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton
Hear My Story: The Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon
History Notes: The Music of Washington's World
I Ain't No Three Fifths of a Person
Inaugural Visions: Presidents Washington to Obama
Seed to Table:
Farming at Mount Vernon
