Seed to Table: Farming at Mount Vernon

Provides background information for teachers on content within the "Seed to Table" video collection. Also includes suggested instructional activities for teachers to use with students.

Provides suggestions for activities to do with students after viewing the content in the "Seed to Table" video collection.

Provides suggested activities for teachers that will help prepare their students for the content contained in the "Seed to Table" video collection.

An overview of the science and engineering behind the workings of the colonial grist mill, including how water powered the gears and levers that made ground corn meal and flour.

Profiles George Washington's creative invention of a 16-sided barn with multiple floors, which simplified the process of threshing wheat.

Explains the types fences that were built for different purposes on George Washington's Mount Vernon farm.

Overview of the important role that animals played in colonial farming, from labor to food to other household materials.

Explains how George Washington used a variety of materials to keep his soil rich for farming.

An overview of how George Washington maintained a healthy soil for his farm by using an innovative method of crop rotation.

Historical interpreter in the role of Slammin' Joe describes his life and his work on the farm to a group of students who are visiting the Slave Cabin at George Washington's Mount Vernon.

Students are given an overview of the slave community that worked the farm at George Washington's Mount Vernon.