Education
Teacher and Student Resources
“Primarily George”: Documents on the Nation’s First President from the Collections of the Nation’s Oldest Historical Society
Designed by the Education Department, Massachusetts Historical Society
Level:
Elementary, Middle, and High SchoolSubject:
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The Education Department recently took part in a program in which participants from host institution Mount Vernon, the National Archives, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the Papers of George Washington, and the Massachusetts Historical Society were asked to select key documents from their respective collections that could be effectively used by teachers as primary source teaching tools. Each institution selected one document for each of three grade levels: fifth, eighth and eleventh. The following are the links to the documents from our collections with associated historical and educational resource materials developed by MHS staff.
Teachers can order free DVDs of the Primarily George program through the Fairfax Network of the Fairfax (VA) County Public Schools: http://itweb.fcps.edu/fairfaxnetwork/videostore/level2.cfm?ProductID=194