Are You the Greatest History Teacher in the First President’s Neighborhood?
“Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.” ~George Washington’s First Annual Address to Congress, 1790 George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens is pleased to...
View ArticleHow Many Martha Washingtons Does It Take to Teach Your Students?
…For our latest distance learning broadcast, we decided it took two of them! In order to get to know “The Real Martha Washington,” elementary students in our live studio audience had the opportunity to...
View ArticleTeaching American History Grants? We Can Help!
George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens is pleased to participate in the Teaching American History Grant program! We have designed a range of full and half day program options presented by...
View ArticleWashington, Adams, Hollywood, and Free DVDs!
Members of Mount Vernon’s Education Department have fielded repeated questions about our opinion of the portrayal of Washington in HBO’s popular John Adams miniseries. We’d like to use this opportunity...
View ArticleDC-Area Teachers: Two Weeks Left to Apply for $5,000 Award!
Magnificent and Motivating Teachers: This is just a friendly reminder that Mount Vernon is about to conclude the search for our 2008 History Teacher of the Year. We welcome applications from the best...
View ArticleTwo Thousand Portraits of George on the Wall…
As you may have heard, Mount Vernon’s recent initiative to “bring George Washington back to school” has proven a resounding success! To date, about 2,000 schools have received (and about 4,000 schools...
View ArticleReserve Now for the George Washington Teachers’ Institute!
The Seventh Annual George Washington Teachers’ Institute “Establishing a Nation: The Constitution” July 21-22, 2008 Mount Vernon “We exhibit at present the Novel and astonishing Spectacle of a whole...
View ArticleResource of the Month: “Primary Source Readers”
The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Learning Center for Teachers opened in the spring of 2007, and since then our Education Center Manager, Diana Cordray, has worked hard to acquire every resource available for...
View ArticleHuzzah! Dean Howarth of Project Enlightenment
Dean Howarth, a Physics teacher at Mclean High School, has been bringing students to Mount Vernon for 15 years as part of a program he founded called Project Enlightenment. Students develop an 18th...
View ArticleOklahoma Loves George Washington!
This summer, the new George Washington Teaching Ambassador for the state of Oklahoma, Jan McClaren, came to Mount Vernon to attend two of our Teacher Institutes, and returned home full of ideas and...
View ArticleWe’re Having a Revolution!
We’re starting a Revolution in the Teachers Learning Center! Who’s creating this excitement? There’s Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Ben Franklin, John Adams, and, of course, George Washington! James and...
View ArticleGeorge Washington Prize for Teaching America’s Founding
For the past ten years, the Bill of Rights Institute has partnered with the Mount Vernon Education Dept. on a range of wonderful programs from Teachers’ Institutes to Teaching American History grants....
View ArticleYou are Invited to Educator’s Evening!
One of our most popular programs for teachers is the annual Educator’s Evening at Mount Vernon, where teachers are invited to a Cocktail Reception and Candlelight Tour of George Washington’s home. This...
View ArticleOur Teacher Learning Center Goes Online!
The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Learning Center is a place for teachers to research 18th century American History, review curriculum kits, use the scholarly edition of the Papers of George Washington, and...
View ArticleMark your Calendars for ‘Primarily George’!
The Mount Vernon Education Dept. knows how important teaching with primary documents is to teachers- after all, what better source is there than the original. For this reason, we provide a link on our...
View ArticleOur Top Picks for Student Reading
We often get requests from teachers about what books we recommend their students read to learn about George Washington and 18th century American history. The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Learning Center for...
View ArticleGet Excited for the George Washington Teachers’ Institute!
Applications for the George Washington Teachers’ Institute have just been posted on our website! The Teachers’ Institute gives teachers of all grades the opportunity to reside on the grounds of Mount...
View ArticleGeorge Washington in the News
That is the title of February’s issue of Scholastic News, featuring Mount Vernon’s bronze statue of George Washington on the cover. The “news” about George Washington includes the discovery of his...
View ArticleIf Only George Was Here to Eat Them…
Last Friday, our George Washington Teaching Ambassador, Jan McClaren, threw a birthday party for George Washington and all of her guests brought cake! Forty schools participated in the George...
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