+
Primary
University of Maryland

Early Americas Digital Archive: Copy of a Letter From Benjamin Banneker

For Students 9th - 10th
A letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson on the injustice of slavers along with a reply from Jefferson back to Banneker.
+
Graphic
American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Election of 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1800 won by Thomas Jefferson.
+
Graphic
American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Election of 1804

For Students 9th - 10th
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1804 won by Thomas Jefferson.
+
Website
University of Virginia

Muse and Confidante: The Muse and the Salon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a short biography on artist Maria Cosway. The site also contains her self-portrait, some of her paintings, and an original source document of a (unlegible) letter to Thomas Jefferson, whom she was rumored to have an...
+
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: A New National Capital: Washington, d.c.

For Students 5th - 8th
John Adams was the first president to reside in the President's House in the new capital Washington, D.C. Thomas Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated there. Read about how this swampy area became the location of the...
+
Handout
University of Virginia Library

Prism: Notes on the State of Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read the complete text of Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia" and highlight rhetoric in blue, orientalism in red, and social Darwinism in green. When finished, click save to see how...
+
Graphic
270 To Win

270towin: 1804 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1804 easily won by Thomas Jefferson in the first presidential election conducted following the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
+
Graphic
270 To Win

270towin: 1800 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1800 in a bitter battle won by Thomas Jefferson who defeated incumbent president John Adams.
+
Activity
PBS

Lewis and Clark: Archives: A Timeline of the Trip

For Students 3rd - 8th
An easy-to-follow timeline of Lewis and Clark and their journey to the West beginning with Jefferson's ideas of an expedition in 1806 to the death of William Clark in 1838.
+
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
(1743-1826) US President 1801-1809
+
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
(1743-1826) US President 1801-1809
+
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
(1743-1826) US President 1801-1809
+
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
(1743-1826) Third President of the United States 1801-1809. Wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence
+
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
(1743-1826) Third President of the United States 1801-1809. Wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence
+
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
(1743-1826) Third President of the United States 1801-1809. Wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence
+
Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Central Banking in the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay gives a background to understand the controversy surrounding the creation of a central bank in the United States.
+
eBook
US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Samuel Dexter

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Samuel Dexter from the 1992 version of the Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army book.
+
Activity
Other

4 Law School: Marbury v. Madison

For Students 9th - 10th
This article breaks down the facts of the Marbury v. Madison case, and briefly summarizes the Justices' opinions.
+
Handout
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Historic Valley Forge: Who Served Here?: Aaron Burr

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief biography of Aaron Burr from the Independence Hall Associaton focuses on his military career in the Revolutionary War as well as his political career and his duel with Alexander Hamilton.
+
Graphic
270 To Win

270towin: 1796 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1796 won by John Adams in the first contested American presidential election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets.
+
Primary
University of Chicago

The Founders' Constitution: Deficiencies of the Confederation

For Students 9th - 10th
University of Chicago Press provides a letter from John Jay to Thomas Jefferson in which Jay explains the need to reform the government existing under the Articles of Confederation.
+
Article
Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: The New Republic: The United States, 1789 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
Article portraying the development of the New Republic Era between 1789-1800. Begins with discussion of the presidency of John Adams and the challenges he faced, through the election of 1800 when Thomas Jefferson became president.
+
Primary
Yale University

Journals of the Continental Congress 1774 1789

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected documents written by the Continental Congress in the late eighteenth century. Covers actions passed and resolved on preparation for war with Britain, George Washington's appointment as Commander-in-Chief, Articles of War against...
+
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: The Articles of Confederation

For Students 9th - 10th
A copy of the original Articles of Confederation presented by Yale Law School. Includes Thomas Jefferson's written discussion on the Articles of Confederation plus early drafts.

Other popular searches