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Thomas Jefferson Foundation: Jefferson Monticello: Plantation and Slavery
Click through this site to see who lived at Monticello, what the plantation looked like, and how it operated. Learn about the people who lived there and about the lives of slaves.
The White House
The White House: First Ladies: Martha Jefferson
A biography of Martha Jefferson, who died in 1782, many years before Thomas Jefferson became president is given here.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: The Jeffersonian Republic
Article on the life and presidency of Thomas Jefferson during what is known as the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1828. The author provides an overview of events, politics and foreign policy, as well as personal details of Jefferson's life.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Spotlight Biography Inventors
This site provides information on American inventors Benjamin Franklin, Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Thomas Jefferson, Isaac Singer, Wilbur Wright, Thomas Alva Edison, Elias Howe, and Alexander Graham Bell. It offers pictures from and...
Library of Congress
Loc: The Declaration of Independence: From Rough Draft to Proclamation
By analyzing the first draft of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence through primary source documents, students can proceed to understand why a first draft was required, and why there are changes in the final version. There are...
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Thompson, Lewis, Clark, Jefferson
Resource tells the story of the connections between Canadian fur trader David Thompson, Thomas Jefferson, and Lewis and Clark. Follow their journey as they travel across the great Northwest.
National First Ladies' Library
National First Ladies' Library: Martha Jefferson
Featured here is biographical information about Martha Jefferson (1748-1782 ), wife of Thomas Jefferson, who died before he became president. You can also find out who filled the role of First Lady for Thomas Jefferson.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Jeffersonian Ideology
An easy to understand overview of the thinking of Thomas Jefferson in terms of politics and the role of the people in political action. See what he feared as the nation was becoming industrialized, and read about the contradictions in...
Black Past
Black Past: Hemings, Sally
This brief encyclopedia entry tells a little about Sally Hemings and her relationship with Thomas Jefferson.
Other
Monticello Explorer: Martha Wayles Jefferson
This biography comes from The Thomas Jefferson Foundation and gives many details about Martha Jefferson's life. A link at the bottom of the page takes you to more information about her and about other members of the family.
Digital History
Digital History: Religious Freedom and the Founders
Read the background for the Founding Fathers' support of freedom of religion and separation of church and state. Included are parts of letters in which George Washington and Thomas Jefferson celebrate the fact that the United States was...
A&E Television
History.com: Thomas Jefferson Videos: Declaration of Independence
A video featuring the Declaration of Independence. Tom Brokaw addresses why the Continental Congress found the need for the revolutionary document. [4:00]
Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
Eighth graders will explore via primary sources, the success of Lewis and Clark's expedition, and develop skills in analyzing documents and artifacts.
PBS
Pbs: 24 Historians Interviewed on Thomas Jefferson
PBS presents a transcript from an interview with Natalie Bober, a author of history books for young adults. She covers Jefferson's early life up to his time at the White House. Links to other interviews are available.
HyperHistory Online
Hyper History: Thomas Jefferson
A brief biography including links to the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and Jefferson's first inaugural address.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Thomas Jefferson
Here, at this site from the Library of Congress, you will find a brief, but informative, biography on Thomas Jefferson. Also included are a picture and a bibliography of readings on Jefferson.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Thomas Jefferson
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Thomas Jefferson.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Jefferson vs. Franklin: Renaissance Men
In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "Jefferson vs. Franklin: Renaissance Men." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Addresses, Messages, and Replies
In this collection from the University of Virginia you can read miscellaneous kinds of correspondence by Jefferson, including letters about American Indian issues and annual addresses to the House and Senate.
US Senate
U.s. Senate: Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Sully
A late likeness of Jefferson, painted by Thomas Sully in 1856 from an original produced during Jefferson's lifetime. Details are provided about the painting's creation, the artist's career, and how the painting came to be in the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: Jefferson and the Turn of the 19th Century
Read about Thomas Jefferson and his most influential action as president, the Louisiana Purchase.
Digital History
Digital History: Hamilton, Jefferson, First National Bank of the Us [Pdf]
As with so many other ideas, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were on opposite sides of the formation of a national bank. Read why Hamilton thought it was a great idea, why Jefferson opposed it, and what they each wrote to...
Digital History
Digital History: Hamilton and Jefferson the Men and Their Philosophies [Pdf]
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton played a huge role not only in crafting important documents in U.S. history, but also by serving as secretaries in George Washington's first cabinet. Read about their diametrically opposing...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Jefferson vs. Hamilton (1789 1800)
Slideshows, lessons, primary sources, and videos present the United States during the final decade of the 18th century in the United States.
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