Washington, D.C. Report Directions 1) Complete all 12 questions unless otherwise instructed. This report is due on ____________. 2) Only ONE activity per page. Do not write on the back of loose-leaf paper. 3) Do not copy straight from the encyclopedia or any other source of information. Put the information in your own words. 4) Write in blue or black ink. Write within the red margins in cursive handwriting. This report can also be typed. Neatness counts. 5) Drawing should be done on unlined paper. If pictures are downloaded from the Internet, be sure to list their sources. 6) Use a clean folder for your work. Work must be secured tightly in your folder by using the brads in the folder. Make an original and creative cover for the front of the report folder. 7) You must have a Title Page with the title of your D.C. report and your name, plus a Table of Contents listing the activities and the pages where they are found in your report. 8) List your sources of information at the bottom of each activity page.
Questions 1. Give 5 physical facts (ex. location) and 5 historical facts (ex. home of) about Monticello. Write in complete sentences. (http://www.monticello.org/) 2. Answer the following questions about Jamestown, VA in complete sentences (http://www.historyisfun.org/): i. Name the three ships that the Virginia Company of London sent to America. ii. In what year did they land? iii. What Indian tribe was there when they arrived? iv. Who said, “If you don’t work, you don’t eat.”
3. Answer the following questions about Yorktown, VA in complete sentences (http://www.williamsburg.com/york/york.html): i. Who surrendered at Yorktown? ii. To whom did he surrender? iii. What year did he surrender? 4. Write a 1-2 paragraph narrative piece on a person who lived in Colonial Williamsburg. (http://www.history.org/) 5. Give 5 physical facts (ex. location) and 5 historical facts (ex. home of) about Mount Vernon. Write in complete sentences. (http://www.mountvernon.org/) 6. Give 2 facts about each of the following memorials. Write in complete sentences. You will then choose one memorial and write a 1-2 paragraph expository piece about that memorial. i. Jefferson Memorial (http://www.nps.gov/thje/) ii. Lincoln Memorial (http://www.nps.gov/linc/) iii. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (http://www.nps.gov/frde/index.htm) iv. Vietnam Memorial (http://www.nps.gov/vive/index.htm) v. Korean War Memorial (http://www.nps.gov/kowa/index.htm) vi. Iwo Jima (http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/usmc.htm) vii. Washington Monument (http://www.nps.gov/wamo/) viii. Arlington National Cemetery (http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/) 7. Give 5 physical facts (ex. location) and 5 historical facts (ex. home of) about the United States Capitol building. Write in complete sentences. (http://www.aoc.gov/cc/index.cfm) 8. Tell 3 interesting facts about the Library of Congress. Write in complete sentences. (www.loc.gov) 9. Name one interesting exhibit that you would like to see in each of the following museums at the Smithsonian. Write in complete sentences. (http://www.si.edu/) i. Air and Space Museum
ii. American History Museum iii. Natural History Museum 10. In 1-2 paragraphs tell the events that took place on April 14, 1865 at Ford’s Theatre. Be sure to answer the following questions in your paragraph(s). (http://www.nps.gov/foth/index2.htm) i. Who shot Lincoln? ii. Who was at the theater with the Lincolns? iii. What was the title of the play that they were watching? iv. What was the name of the house where Lincoln died and where is it located? 11. Describe in 1-2 paragraphs (descriptive piece) a famous room in the White House. Include a colored drawing of the room on unlined paper. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/) 12. Answer the following questions about the National Cathedral in complete sentences. (http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/index.shtml) i. How long did it take to build? ii. Name the famous Alabamian buried there. iii. How many gargoyles are on the building? iv. How many stained glass windows are in the church?