Appleseeds articles from March 2006

Appleseeds archives from March 2006

A chat with Thomas Jefferson (also known as ... William Barker).(Interview)
March 1, 2006... AppleSeeds writer Barbara Hall chatted with Thomas Jefferson recently. Or did she? Read on to find out whom she really spoke to and what they talked about... You are there, strolling down Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg,...

The house that Jefferson built.(Thomas Jefferson )
March 1, 2006... Thomas Jefferson built his home on a Virginia hilltop and named it Monticello, an Italian word meaning "little mountain." Because Jefferson changed the house design while it was being built, it took nearly 40 years to complete. Jefferson moved...

A magical pen.(Thomas Jefferson)
March 1, 2006... Cast: THOMAS JEFFERSON HIS GRANDCHILDREN: ELLEN, AGE 14 VIRGINIA, AGE 9 MARY, AGE 9 JAMES, AGE 4 NARRATOR (One evening at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson sits in the parlor as some of his grandchildren dance...

Inalienable rights.(Thomas Jefferson works on Declaration of Independence)
March 1, 2006... "All men are created equal" and are born with certain inalienable rights. These include "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," and no government is allowed to take them away. So began Thomas Jefferson as he wrote our Declaration of...

Grandpapa: inventor and man of science: listen to what Virginia Randolph might have said about her grandfather....(Thomas Jefferson services)
March 1, 2006... You probably know my grandfather as President Thomas Jefferson, but to me he was Grandpapa, and I was his little Virginia. I spent many happy hours with him on the farm. He loved to learn about the world and tried to find ways to make life...

"I rise with the sun" a day in the life of Thomas Jefferson.(services)
March 1, 2006... The year is 1819, although it could be nearly any year between 1809 and 1826. The scene is summertime at Monticello, Jefferson's Virginia home for more than 50 years. The time is early morning. At home in Virginia, or traveling in France,...

With liberty and justice for all?(Thomas Jefferson works)
March 1, 2006... Thomas Jefferson wrote about "liberty and justice for all." He also was a slaveholder. Mr. Jefferson held about 200 men, women, and children in bondage at any given time. As enslaved people, they did nor have the right to come and go as they...

Thomas Jefferson, food pioneer.(innovative farming methods)
March 1, 2006... As an old man, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.... Though an old man, I am but a young gardener." In Jefferson's day, there were no...

A moose, two grizzlies, and a bird named dick.(Thomas Jefferson love to animals)
March 1, 2006... As a man amazed by nature, Thomas Jefferson loved studying animals. In the case of the mighty moose, he wanted to make a point. Jefferson was serving as the American minister to France in the 1780s. The French naturalist George Louis Leclerc,...

Whose face is that?(Thomas Jefferson portrayal)
March 1, 2006... The next time you're in South Dakota, visit Mount Rushmore to see a fine portrait of Thomas Jefferson. It is carved in rock, 60 feet tall. Jefferson sits with presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Or just...