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George
Washington and Slavery
Electronic Learning Activity
Introduction:
Although George
Washington was the Commander of the Revolutionary troops who fought
to win our freedom from Great Britain, he owned slaves. Your assignment
is to use the internet web site www.mountvernon.org
and your own knowledge to answer the questions and understand how
he could be a freedom fighter but a slave owner at the same time.
Directions:
1. Go to
the home page for Mount Vernon: www.mountvernon.org
2. Click on Education Resources.
3. Click on the image labeled "George Washington and Slavery."
4. Read the information. Answer the following questions:
- How many
slaves were at Mount Vernon when George Washington died?
- Slaves did
most of the work at Mount Vernon. List three jobs slaves did at
Mount Vernon.
- What chores
do you do at your house?
- Slaves worked
six days each week. What day were they off work?
- What days
do workers have off today?
5. Clicking on "Next" takes you to: "Slave Census."
6. Read the information. Answer the following question:
How do we know so much about the lives of George Washington's
slaves?
7. Click
on "William Lee."
8. Read the information. Answer the following questions:
William Lee or Billy was George Washington's slave and his valet.
What is a valet? (use a dictionary if necessary)
Did William
Lee (Billy) ever become free?
9. Clicking
on "Next" takes you to "Slave Quarters."
10. Read the information. Answer the following questions:
Where did George Washington's slaves live?
Look at the
photograph. The entire family lived in this one room. What activities
happened here?
11. Clicking on "Next" takes you to "House for
Families Excavation."
12. Read the information. Answer the following questions:
What do archaeologists do?
What did archaeologists find in 1990 when they dug up the root
cellar?
13. Clicking
on "Next" you to "Attitude Towards Slavery."
14. Read the information. Answer the following questions:
What did George Washington think about slavery?
Usually
children and old people got less to eat than the workers. Why
do you think that happened?
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