Middle School

Thomas Jefferson incorporates student volunteers to help demonstrate some of America’s core founding ideas and ideals, while also teaching about the writing process behind the Declaration of Independence.

Audience participation is absolutely key with the youngest audiences. Mr. Jefferson tells stories from his life and explains how he changed America in a way that is fun and interactive. (For upper-elementary students who have studied or are studying the Revolutionary War.)

For middle and high school. Multiple programs using primary documents to teach writing. The Declaration of Independence as a working model for crafting an effective argument (see video) is the centerpiece of one program. In others, Mr. Jefferson uses letters written on the subject of revolution, but to widely differing audiences and recipients, to teach how to write with the proper tone and voice for a specific audience.