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Thomas Jefferson: Life Portrait Streamed Video Access Program from 04/02/99 Purchase Videotape This program is also available on videotape. Purchase from the C-SPAN Archives or Apply for a C-SPAN Archives Grant LIFE FACTS Personal First Lady: Martha "Patsy" Randolph, daughter Number of Children: 5 Education Level: College School Attended: College of William and Mary Religion: Deism Profession: Lawyer Public Service Dates of Presidency: 3/4/1801 - 3/3/1809 Presidency Number: 3 Number of Terms: 2 Why Presidency Ended: End of 2nd Term Party: Democratic-Republican His Vice President(s): Aaron Burr, George Clinton Vice President For: John Adams (1797-1801) Cabinet Service: Secretary of State (George Washington, 1790-1793) Governor of a State: VA (1779-1781) Colonial Government: House of Burgesses (1769-1774), Continental Congress (1783-1784) Other Offices: Minister to France; Virginia Continental Congress; Virginia House of Delegates Did You Know? • He authorized the Lewis and Clark expedition--an expedition which explored the land the U.S. obtained through the Louisiana Purchase. • He was the first president elected by the House of Representatives. • He wanted to be remembered not for his presidency, but for the roles he played in the creation of the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom and the University of Virginia. • When he became president, he had been a widower for 19 years. His daughter Martha or "Patsy" assumed the role of First Lady. • Martha Skelton, his wife, was known as an avid reader and accomplished musician. • During his administration, the U.S. population was five and a half million. • "Of all the cankers of human happiness, none corrodes it with so silent, yet so baneful a tooth, as indolence. . .Idleness begets ennui, ennui the hypochondria, and that a diseased body." C-SPAN in the Classroom is a free membership service for teachers. Join C-SPAN in the Classroom now! Membership includes: Unrestricted taping and viewing rights on programming produced by C-SPAN for use in the classroom. Access to classroom resources and teaching ideas from fellow educators. E-mail updates about programs and resources related to the topics you teach. Other Thomas Jefferson Resources and Activities

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Thomas Jefferson Program Video Clip List - Part 1 of 3 Clip # Start Time End Time Description 1 0:00 4:12 Biographical vignette Watch Clip 2 4:13 6:33 Discussion of what Thomas Jefferson would be like today 3 8:19 11:45 What Monticello is like today compared to in history 4 11:46 13:36 Thomas Jefferson's public service career; Jefferson's letter writing Watch Clip 5 14:01 14:53 A typical day for Thomas Jefferson 6 14:54 17:54 A discussion of why Thomas Jefferson was or was not great 7 17:55 19:56 What transportation was like from Monticello to Philladelphia and Washington D.C. 8 20:15 25:56 Thomas Jefferson and international politics 9 22:57 23:58 Lewis and Clark's expedition 10 23:59 25:51 Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution Watch Clip 11 29:20 31:53 History of Monticello 12 34:56 36:20 Thomas Jefferson and the Bill of Rights 13 36:45 37:56 Thomas Jefferson's knowledge and use of foreign languages 14 37:57 39:16 Where the word and pronunciation of "Monticello" came from 15 39:39 42:10 The most important women in Thomas Jefferson's life 16 42:11 42:46 How scholars at Monticello publicized the Jefferson/Hemmings DNA tests 17 44:14 45:42 Monticello's library 18 45:43 49:40 The Jeffersonian paradox of owning slaves and, at the same time, being the architect of freedom Watch Clip 19 49:41 50:59 Thomas Jefferson's stay in France 20 51:00 52:05 Description of Jefferson's study at Monticello 21 52:06 52:54 The demographics of the visitors who come to Monticello each year 22 52:55 53:49 Website resources for Monticello 23 53:50 54:55 How many people visit Monticello a year 24 55:50 56:31 What Thomas Jefferson's voice could have sounded like 25 56:31 57:39 Dr. Thomas Walker's relationship with Thomas Jefferson 26 57:40 59:18 Jefferson's retreat home at Poplar Forest 27 59:18 1:00:18 Jefferson's career in the executive branch and in public life; his marriage and children; 28 1:00:29 1:01:57 Thomas Jefferson as a surveyor 29 1:01:58 1:03:24 Discussion of Thomas Jefferson's writing ability 30 1:03:25 1:07:11 High school student's perspective on Thomas Jefferson and his experience as a student at Thomas Jefferson High School in Federal Way,WA Thomas Jefferson Program Video Clip List - Part 2 of 3 Clip # Start Time End Time Description 31 1:07:41 1:08:42 Sally Hemmings and the controversy over the cemetary at Monticello 32 1:10:05 1:10:58 Thomas Jefferson's diet 33 1:10:59 1:13:43 Thomas Jefferson's hospitality and personable nature; a discussion of his love for his wife Watch Clip 34 1:14:31 1:15:42 Thomas Jefferson and his ties to University of Virginia 35 1:15:43 1:16:37 Why James Madison is not as admired as Thomas Jefferson, his fellow Virginian 36 1:16:46 1:18:39 Thomas Jefferson's financial debts and the steward of Monticello after Jefferson's death 37 1:18:40 1:19:12 Thomas Jefferson sold his books to the Library of Congress 38 1:19:13 1:20:46 Thomas Jefferson's religious beliefs Thomas Jefferson Program Video Clip List - Part 3 of 3 Clip # Start Time End Time Description 39 1:28:17 1:28:50 Today's controversy evidence of Thomas Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemmings Watch Clip 40 1:33:16 1:34:11 Should descendants of Sally Hemmings be buried in the Monticello cemetery? 41 1:35:56 1:38:49 Was Jefferson a "horrible person" for owning slaves? 42 1:38:50 1:41:01 Thomas Jefferson's criticisms of newspaper editors 43 1:41:54 1:45:11 Discussion of Thomas Jefferson's morality and the issue of slavery 44 1:45:12 1:47:53 The discussion about Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemmings when she was only 16 years old 45 1:50:20 1:52:38 Could Thomas Jefferson still be considered a "great man" despite his owning slaves and his affair with Sally Hemmings? 46 1:52:46 1:54:13 Will the study of the Jefferson-Hemmings affair spark discussion and questions about similar relationships at other plantations 47 1:54:14 1:55:00 Historian Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed's answers questions about slavery in her own family's history 48 2:01:43 2:04:26 Discussion of the likelihood that another Jefferson male-perhaps Thomas Jefferson's sons or brother-had an affair with Sally Hemmings 49 2:05:26 2:08:18 Looking at Jefferson's involvement with the institution of slavery-including his affair with Hemmings-in its historical context Watch Clip 50 2:08:39 2:11:13 Dr. Gordon-Reed dismisses claims that Thomas Jefferson's brother or sons fathered Sally Hemmings's children 51 2:11:21 2:12:30 Why some African Americans do not visit plantations such as Monticello 52 2:12:31 2:13:50 More facts about Thomas Jefferson's presidency 53 2:13:51 2:16:37 Virginia's laws about emancipation; trends in the age for marriage and childbirth in the 18th & 19th centuries 54 2:17:29 2:18:51 Was Thomas Jefferson a womanizer? 55 2:20:13 2:21:57 Thomas Jefferson's life at Monticello; a look at the slaves who lived and worked at Monticello 56 2:23:47 2:24:18 How the staff at Monticello has received the controversy about the Jefferson-Hemmings affair 57 2:24:19 2:27:42 A historical look at slavery on a global scale Watch Clip

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