George in a Nutshell
As Mount Vernon educators, we spend a lot of time coming up with creative, novel ways to teach about George Washington and his life at Mount Vernon. We do everything from writing elaborate content to dancing around in costume, giving extremely well-researched tours to plowing fields with oxen, providing detailed lesson plans to cooking hoe-cakes over an open fire. So it can sometimes be discouraging when you come across a simply worded and adorably pictured piece in the New York Times that sums up George Washington’s life. Sigh… so cute. The piece by Maura Kalman can be linked to here. Enjoy!
Tags: New York Times
January 4th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
This is really awesome, Jan. It is very similar to our group project that we did at the Teacher Institute this summer.