Ihomeschool: May 8, 2012 Day 161 Monticello

May 7, 2012 Day 161 Monticello

6 Vocabulary
1. Eclectic: not following any one system but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems; noting of pertaining works of architecture
2. Architect: A person professionally engaged in the design of certain large constructions,
3. domestics (as referred to a person or job): devoted to home life; a household servant that cooks, cleans, sells
4. Mulberry Row: Where Jefferson kept his slaves that worked in the fields
5. Plantation: A usually large farm or estate on which cotton, coffee, tobacco, etc, is grown
6. “Sanctum sanctorum”: Holy of Holies; when Jefferson retired to his private room in the late evening, a guest called it his sanctum sanctorum

6 Sentences
1. Both Thomas Jefferson and Monticello would have been described as eclectic or like a museum.
2. Jefferson taught himself to be an architect, relying on observation and books; he also helped get the designs from some of the buildings he saw in France.
3. During the time of Jefferson, the slaves would be his domestics, now a domestic is a household servant not a slave.
4. We did a slavery tour on mulberry row and got to see the foundations of where the slavery houses would have been, only one original house was still standing.
5. Monticello was a plantation because Jefferson grew crops there.
6. The Guest that called Jefferson’s chambers his “Sanctum Sanctorum” was a regular guest.

6 Facts/Details
1. The word Monticello means “little mountain” in Italian
2. James and Dolly Madison had their own little bedroom at Monticello because Jefferson and Madison visited each other regularly; even though Montpelier is close to Monticello it still took about a day’s worth of travel
3. In the hall there were Lewis and Clark artifacts and Native American “merchandise” that they brought back from their journey
4. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4^th 1826, the 50^th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of Independence!
5. Monticello took forty years to design, build, and furnish
6. After Jefferson died the slaves were all sold and the Levy family took over Monticello

6 Questions
1. How large in acreage and how many slaves reside at Monticello? A: 5,000 acres and 155 slaves at Monticello
2. What was the primary crop at Monticello? A: tobacco for his primary cash crop and Indian corn for primary food crop
3. How many slaves did Jefferson inherit? A: 155, he never bought slaves
4. Who are the trinity of the “three greatest men” depicted in paintings in the parlor of Monticello? A: Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, and John Locke
5. What are “dependencies” and why are they unique at Monticello? A: The storage beneath the main house was the dependencies. They were unique at Monticello because the guest wouldn’t be able to see them
6. What was your favorite part about visiting Monticello? A: Seeing the house and all of the rooms

6 People
1. Thomas Jefferson: The third president of the United State, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Virginia, Father of the University of Virginia, Owner of the plantation, Monticello
2. Martha Jefferson Randolph: Thomas Jefferson’s only wife who died in 1782
3. Uriah Phillips Levy: the man who bought Monticello after Jefferson’s death
4. James Hennings: A slave that went to Paris with Jefferson and trained as a chef. He was supposed to make wonderful dishes
5. Sally Hemmings: DNA tests prove that Jefferson was the father of her children. Sally Hemmings was a slave at Monticello
6. Issac Granger Jefferson: A valued enslaved artisan at Monticello, he worked as a nailer, tinsmith and blacksmith

6 Images