Introduction
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On this artist's rendition of Jefferson's Poplar Forest, use the numbers to label the following elements of his villa retreat home. (Note: click image for printable worksheet.) |
1. Sunken Lawn
2. Wing of Offices
3. West Privy
4. European Mulberry Trees
5. Eastern Mound of trees and shrubs
6. Planted borders on South Lawn
7. East Privy
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8. Jefferson's House
9. Northwest Grove of Tulip Poplar Trees
10. Carriage turn around
11. Distant Mountains
12. Western Mound of trees and shrubs
13. Northwest oval bed and tree clump
14. 540 yard circular drive
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Label the area where you think Jefferson was growing wheat and tobacco.
Label the area where you think Jefferson's vegetable garden might have been.
What shape is the Jefferson house? What are the advantages of having this shape house? What are the disadvantages of having this shape house?
Are there other such shaped houses? Based on your research, list these houses and their locations in a chart.
Examine Jefferson's floor plan of the upper level of the house. How would you use the rooms? Click image at right to open a floor plan you can print and label with your answers.
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Examine the floor plan of the lower level of the house. The cube room on this level is a cellar built below grade to maintain a cool temperature. Jefferson would have stored items that needed to be kept cold. At this time we do not know how Jefferson used the other rooms. What would you use them for? Click the image at left to open a floor plan you can label with your answers. |
Jefferson added the Wing of Offices in 1814. Examine the Floor Plan of the Lower Level and the attached Wing of Offices to see if you can determine what these rooms were used for? Click the image at right to open a floor plan you can label with your answers.
Using the biographies of Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, create a timeline for each man of the most important events of his life. Compare the timelines you created and see if and when their lives crossed paths.
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