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Material and Activities to Use in your Classroom

Teachers across the country use Monticello resource packets as part of their regular curriculum, or in preparation for a field trip to Monticello. All resource packets include background materials, facsimiles of primary documents, activities, and suggested lesson plans. Most packets consist of a teacher's edition and cardstock student sheets that can be photocopied.

Titles Available (According to Grade Level):
  • Monticello Children's Garden Activity Kit, all levels
  • Monticello Adventures: A Discovery Story, 2-3
  • Digging Up the Past, 3-6
  • Monticello Architecture, 3-6
  • Thomas Jefferson's Family Life, 3-6
  • Jefferson and Travel, 4-12
  • Thomas Jefferson, Architect, 7-12
  • Monticello: A Working Plantation, 7-12
  • Digging Monticello: Archaeology at Monticello Today, 7-12
  • Finding Isaac Jefferson: A Monticello Slave, 10-Adult

Packets range in cost from $10-25 and can be ordered by contacting:

Monticello Education Department
P.O. Box 316
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 984-9853
TDD: (434) 984-9822