MONTICELLO:

HOME OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

A VIRTUAL TOUR
SCAVENGER HUNT

Where is Monticello?
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What does Monticello mean?

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Who designed Monticello and all the other buildings on the plantation?
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What were some of the ways in which Jefferson served his State and
country?
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What did he found in his retirement?
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Who would have greeted you as you walked into the Entrance Hall?
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Where did Jefferson get his inspiration for the design of Monticello?
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Whose statue would you be surprised to see here?
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How did Jefferson come by the Native America artifacts which he used to
decorate his Indian Hall?
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The Great Clock can be seen ______________and _____________ the house.

Designed by ______________

himself, it could tell both

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design problem, the marker for Saturday had to be placed in the
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The Parlor was a busy room in which Jefferson, his family and their
guests would enjoy activities such
as______________________________________

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There are _________ paintings, sculptures and prints in the Parlor.

Jefferson chose all of these because he wanted his family to
know_________________________________________________________________
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Portraits of three men can be found in the Parlor because Jefferson
believed they were the three greatest men the world had ever
produced. They
were:____________________________________________________________
Another category of paintings were about explorers and navigators, two
of whom were_________________________________________________________.

Jefferson also hung portraits of American patriots, two of whom are

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How often did the Jefferson family eat their meals in this dining room?

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How did Thomas Jefferson develop his love of French food?
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How did he make sure he could enjoy French cuisine at Monticello?
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Jefferson loved gadgets and new inventions. This shelving system in the
dining room was called a ____________________________and was used
to________________________________________.
Thomas Jefferson could speak and read in _______ languages.
His original library consisted of ______________ books.
Jefferson sold his personal library to the U.S. Government, this became
part of our_______________________________________________.
What happened to Jeffersons retirement library?
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Jefferson believed that _________________________was essential to the

survival of a democracy.
Jefferson founded the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in
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Jefferson called this room his __________________, and used it to read,

conduct research and write. Interesting fact: Jefferson wrote over
20,000 letters in his lifetime!
Jefferson used this device, called a
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second copy of everything he wrote.

He called it the finest invention of the

Present age.
Jefferson used this revolving bookstand when
he was researching a topic. Can you think of
why he found its design so useful?

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Jeffersons bed fit into an alcove between the Cabinet and his Bedroom.
His closet was in _________________________________________________
This is a drawing of the clotheshorse in his
closet space. Can you figure out how it worked
and why Jefferson found so useful? (He would
show this off to all houseguests!)
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Jefferson died on _________________________________, the same day as

His good friend ________________________________________.