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  • Bringing Students to Monticello

  • Monticello Classroom (with short bios and reports, images, activities and lesson plans) - for upper elementary and middle school students.

  • The Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia (containing bios, brief Reports, and FAQs) - for high-school level and above

  • Exploring Monticello: A Guide for Young Learners

  • Jefferson Documents and Quotes

  • Background and Pre-visit Materials in .pdf format

  • Lewis and Clark Study Resource

Online Activities and Resources

  • Virtual House Tours

  • A Day in the Life of Thomas Jefferson

  • Detail from interactive poster of Jefferson's Cabinet Ask "Thomas Jefferson"

  • Interactive Posters

  • Online Lesson Plans

  • Monticello Speakers Forum

  • Monticello Podcasts

For Teachers

  • Barringer Research Fellowships for Teachers of American History


  • Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Seminar for Teachers
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