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		<title>Slammin Joe: Beam Him Into a Class Near You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca Milfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Slammin&#8217; Joe was a ditcher. You know, a ditch-digging man, one of George Washington&#8217;s enslaved workers who dug holes wherever the General needed them around the estate. Doesn&#8217;t sound familiar? Then get to know Slammin&#8217; Joe &#8212; a character based on one of the estate&#8217;s real-life, 18th-century enslaved persons &#8212; a little better via [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enslaved Community Stars in &#8216;Evening for Educators&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every December Mount Vernon hosts its Evening for Educators &#8212; a time for nearly 200 area teachers to gather at the estate for a totally free performance, hors d&#8217;oeuvres and wine, and candelight tours of George Washington&#8217;s Mansion. It&#8217;s Mount Vernon&#8217;s way of saying thanks to all the educators who work hard keeping America&#8217;s children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CONTEST: Win Mrs. Forbes for Your Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca Milfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that a character from George Washington&#8217;s life enters a classroom in Nevada, Ohio or any other locale that isn&#8217;t in the vicinity of Mount Vernon, but through our Face to Face programs, which beam a number of personalities from Washington&#8217;s estate into schools across the country via video conferencing, students have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Big Mount Vernon Hits Combine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca Milfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mount Vernon traveling exhibit &#8220;Discover the Real George Washington&#8221; plus our portrait project joined forces when George Washington portraits were presented to two different schools at the North Carolina Museum of History, where our traveling exhibit is currently hosted. The portrait project, which invites K-12 schools nationwide to request a free framed portrait of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Music of Washington&#8217;s World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are so pleased to announce the airing of History Notes: The Music of Washington&#8217;s World tomorrow. This distance learning program explores the soundtrack of George Washington&#8217;s 18th century world. It was a time of amazing change- a time that saw the creation of a new nation through a revolution based on the foundation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G.I. George: The Revolutionary War Version</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through dedication and determination, George Washington accomplished the impossible by leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War. On Thursday, October 29th at 1:00 p.m., our panel of historians, including Caroline Cox, William Fowler, Ed Lengel, and Andrew O&#8217;Shaughnessy, will explore how Washington&#8217;s leadership was instrumental in securing American independence via the distance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Doesn&#8217;t Love a Slide Show?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For our Teachers&#8217; Institute Alumni, we have recently put together a slideshow to help you with peer presentations and conferences. This gives a broad overview of the education programs that Mount Vernon provides to all teachers. Enjoy! Mount Vernon Education Programs View more presentations from Mount Vernon.]]></description>
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		<title>Live from Mount Vernon!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday and Monday, a group of students in Tammy Parks&#8217; Broadcast Journalism class did a live videoconference into the NECC conference in Washington, D.C. from the front lawn of Mount Vernon. Traveling by van all the way from Howe, Oklahoma, these immensely talented students, their teacher, and their superintendent, had only one day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon A Time At Mount Vernon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oral storytelling has existed for as long as there has been language, often serving to teach children right from wrong. Only in the past several years has storytelling become popularly recognized as an art form, with festivals, contests, and organizations popping up around the world. We&#8217;re sure Aesop would approve. As a young boy, Washington [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bring Mount Vernon to YOUR Classroom!</title>
		<link>http://www.georgewashingtonwired.org/2008/11/25/bring-mount-vernon-to-your-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would your students like to sing a slave song with Caroline, Martha Washington&#8217;s maidservant, or hear Billy Lee&#8217;s stories of riding alongside George Washington in the Revolutionary War? This is a privilege usually reserved for students who visit Mount Vernon on a field trip, but we are now bringing our popular Washington&#8217;s World first person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark your Calendars for &#8216;Primarily George&#8217;!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 website to the digital edition of the Papers of George Washington, as well as a number of lesson plans that use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Historic Presidency of All&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.georgewashingtonwired.org/2008/10/03/the-most-historic-presidency-of-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgewashingtonwired.org/2008/10/03/the-most-historic-presidency-of-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 14, 2008, the Mount Vernon Education Department and the Fairfax Network will tape a distance learning broadcast called Shaping the Presidency, which will look back at the profound impact George Washington had on defining the office of the president. The panelists will also discuss how campaigning, the election process and the role of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington, Adams, Hollywood, and Free DVDs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Mount Vernon&#8217;s Education Department have fielded repeated questions about our opinion of the portrayal of Washington in HBO&#8217;s popular John Adams miniseries. We&#8217;d like to use this opportunity to raise what we think is a more compelling question: How can and should historic sites and classroom teachers capitalize on the interest Hollywood increasingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Martha Washingtons Does It Take to Teach Your Students?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mount Vernon Education Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;For our latest distance learning broadcast, we decided it took two of them! In order to get to know &#8220;The Real Martha Washington,&#8221; elementary students in our live studio audience had the opportunity to ask questions of not one, but two expert historical interpreters who portray the &#8220;first First Lady!&#8221; Mary Wiseman, Mount Vernon&#8217;s &#8220;resident [...]]]></description>
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