John DeBakey

SLM 521

Elective Activity #9-Virtual Fieldtrips

November 2, 2005

 

 

Virtual Fieldtrips

 

Trip #1- The White House

Ladies and gentlemen you will be taken through the interworkings of the most important job in the country! Here you can find information about current events, the President’s speeches, and even take a virtual tour of the White House itself.  So get ready to make your first trip the most famous house in world!

 

Oval Office VideoBefore delivering his address to Congress and the nation following the attacks of September 11, President George W. Bush speaks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Blue Room, Sept. 20, 2001.

 

 

While working at his desk in the Oval Office, which he had moved to its current location in 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt meets with Marguerite Le Hand, his personal secretary.

 

 

Trip #2- Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is the nations most famous and revered cemetery.  The cemetery is the final resting place for thousands of American soldiers, Presidents, and even has the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  Students can visit the magnificent photo gallery and biographies of some of the more famous people buried at the cemetery.  This is the kind of history students can’t read about in their history textbooks.

 

View of the Unknown Soldiers

 

 

          

The Administration Building at ANC

 

 

Gravesite covered in autumn leaves at Arlington National Cemetery.

 

 

 

Trip #3 Monticello

Monticello is the home of Thomas Jefferson.  The mansion sits atop a small hill in Charlottesville, VA and it is visited by thousand of visitors every year.  For students who can’t visit Monticello, taking a virtual tour of the mansion is the next best thing.  Here students can learn about life on the plantation, the gardens, and take a view of the house itself, which Jefferson designed.  This tour is a fascinating experience where students can learn about life in the colonial period, as well as learn about one of our most influential Founding Fathers.

 

 

 

 

Monticello's West Front in summer.                                 Portrait of Jefferson by Thomas Sully

 

 

 

 

Obelisk Marker of Jefferson's Grave

 

 

Trip #4 Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon was the home of America’s first President George Washington.  This beautiful plantation sites atop the Potomac River and gives its visitors a wonderful look at how a working plantation worked during the colonial period.  On this site students can take a virtual tour of Mount Vernon and learn about Washington himself.  Another interesting aspect of this site is students can learn about the different preservation and restoration projects that are taking place at Mount Vernon.

 

 

 

 

 

                                  Image of George Washington’s Tomb

 

 

 

 

The Mansion