IMPACT: George Washington's Mt. Vernon: Wheat Farming at Mt. Vernon, Online Student Edition, Grades 2-3, 1-year subscription

Go on a journey through history! Evaluate maps and photographs. Learn what historical figures said about their lives and events in their lives. Watch videos and play games.

As part of IMPACT Social Studies Digital Explorations, the Mount Vernon modules take students into the life of George Washington. Broken into grade level bands, students investigate an Essential Question, tied to the appropriate content at the grade level, and complete interactive activities and performance tasks. Available in English and Spanish.

Mount Vernon module topics by grade-band include:

Grades K-1:

George Washington’s Dinner

People Who Lived at Mount Vernon

Grades 2-3:

Wheat Farming

Learning About the Enslaved People Who Lived at Mount Vernon

Grades 4-5:

Washington’s Travels

Lives of Enslaved People at Mount Vernon

Using IMPACT’s three-step instructional model: Engage, Investigate and Report, teachers can easily implement appealing modules that can be taught in 15-20 fun lessons! The online teacher center offers a variety of tools for teachers to use to pull the modules into their instruction, including ePresentations, eText with planning guides and printable planning guides, videos to engage student learning and the ability for teachers to add their own resources. Other tools such as being able to assign modules, or parts of modules to students, edit content and run activity and standards performance reports are also available.