A GUIDE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Exploring Monticello

1 This book belongs to: Jefferson. Thomas grandpapa plantation of my and this is the Monticello My name is Cornelia, Welcome to Monticello ! Exploring A GUIDE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE . DID YOU KNOW THAT Thanks for coming! THOMAS JEFFERSON: I hope you visit ] Had no middle name? again soon. ] Had pet mockingbirds? ] Liked to hum or sing when he rode a horse or worked? ] Collected fossils and bones to learn about animals, as well as art and artifacts from other cultures? ] Established the Military Academy at West Point, New York? ] Helped create the decimal currency system in the United States?

2 ] Owned the Natural Bridge in Virginia? He thought it was one of the natural wonders of the world. ] Received a mammoth cheese weighing 1,235 pounds from the PEOPLE of Cheshire, Massachusetts, while he was president? For more information, please visit Illustrations by Barbara Leonard Gibson. Publication design by Josef Beery. Declaration of Independence rough draft, courtesy of the Library of Congress. Monticello is owned and operated by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc., a private, nonprofit corporation founded in 1923. This publication was made possible by a gift from Robert H.

3 And Clarice Smith. Monticello Plantation Match the artifacts The objects that archaeologists find tell us about life at Monticello 200 years ago. Match each artifact fragment with its name and use. Bone Toothbrush 1 Hog's hair bristles were attached to this bone handle to make a toothbrush. Number TWO. Iron Child's Toy Plantations were large farms A child might have played 2 with this horse figurine near where slaves grew crops like one of the slave dwellings. Number three wheat and tobacco for the Bone & Iron Fork owner to sell. Some enslaved families ate with utensils like this bone- 3.

4 Handled iron fork. Y O U K N O W ? DID. Number one ans ] Motlnte icmeolluontmaein. lit Look closely ] ThaosmaasseJlfeff-tearsught on Thomas Jefferson used time w wisely. He designed a large architect an d icello. clock with indoor and outdoor oUTSIDE designe d Mont faces for his house and the ok o ver plantation. Slowly descending ] Monticello to uild. cannonball weights power the 40 years to b kels clock. The top weight marks ] Most nic the day of the week. What have Tho mas the day do the weights mark in cannonball Jefferson on nticello INSIDE this drawing? weights front an d Mo on the back.

5 Tuesday Two hundred years ago, Monticello was a 5,000-acre plantation where Thomas Jefferson, his family, and hundreds of enslaved workers lived. Next time you see a nickel, check and see what image is on the other side. Thomas Jefferson was one of our Founding Fathers. He wrote the Declaration of Jefferson Independence and helped create the United States of America. The Declaration Jefferson of Independence was 6 feet, states that all 2-1/2 inches men are created tall and had equal. red hair. Jefferson was an early advocate for religious freedom. Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and Jefferson was born dedicated it to the on April 13, 1743.

6 He freedom of the died at Monticello on human mind. July 4, 1826 the 50th anniversary K N O W ? of America's independence. D ID YOU n was: h o m a s Jefferso T inia r of Virg ] Go verno ance ter to Fr Louisiana . M in is ] tate Purchase S e c r et ar y of S. ] 1st t Presiden ] 2n d Vice ident ] 3rd Pres While he was president, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France and sent the Lewis & Clark Expedition to explore the West. Can you find Thomas Jefferson's handwriting on this page? Gadgets and Gizmos A curious scientist, Jefferson observed and recorded information about everything from plants to weather!

7 He enjoyed experiments and purchased gadgets galore. Most importantly, Jefferson believed that everyone should share useful knowledge. This compass Jefferson wrote rose is attached thousands of letters. to Jefferson's This machine called weather vane. He a polygraph recorded the weather made a copy every day. This device called an as he wrote with two orrery is a model of connected pens. the solar system. Jefferson recorded daily Jefferson said observations on these he could not ivory notecards, which live without could be wiped clean books. This and reused. spinning stand holds papers, letters, and books.

8 Wheel cipher DID Y. OU K. ] Thoma NOW. desig s Jeffer n ciphe e d a wh on s ? r to eel mess ages create se ] Jeffe in co cret rson de. gree n spe wore the ctacl se es. Look at the compass rose above. What direction is the wind blowing? Family Fun The Parlor was the living room at Monticello . Jefferson, and Learning his family, and guests gathered there to read and play music and games. FA C T. FUN Th o m a s on Jeffers or sf Jefferson played the violin. Many of his grandchildren played Jefferson collected e d race artwork that organiz children musical instruments, showed his interest nd his gra n the West including the English in PEOPLE and the o o utsi de e w inner guitar, harpsichord, and world.

9 H Lawn. T drie d fruit pianoforte. d receive e. iz as a pr This camera obscura was used to make artwork. VIRGINIA RANDOLPH, JEFFERSON'S. GRANDDAUGHTER. CORNELIA RANDOLPH, JEFFERSON'S. GRANDDAUGHTER. The granddaughters learned to paint and draw. They used paint boxes like this one. Jefferson taught his grandchildren how to play chess. Circle the name of the stringed instrument hiding in the word Monticello .. Architecture Thomas Jefferson designed Monticello , the Virginia State and Design Capitol, and the University of Virginia. He learned about Pediment Dome architecture from books and Monticello 's design is called from buildings he saw in neoclassical.

10 Because it is Column Europe. a new version of the classical styles of ancient Greece and Rome ( neo . means Portico new). WORMLEY HUGHES, JAMES MADISON RANDOLPH AND PRISCILLA. ENSLAVED GARDENER CORNELIA JEFFERSON RANDOLPH, HEMMINGS, JEFFERSON'S GRANDCHILDREN ENSLAVED. NURSEMAID. Y O U K N O W ? DID has 33. ] Theomhsouose n ur flo ors. fo ro free ] Mnodreenthslaanve6d9workers a n an d craftsme llo. built Montice signe d ] Jefferson de ardens ornamental g shrubs, w ith flowers, m aro un d an d trees fro MARY JEFFERSON RANDOLPH AND. the world. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN RANDOLPH, JEFFERSON'S GRANDCHILDREN.