Explore George Washington’s home in-person or through the Google Expeditions virtual reality app! Learn about Washington’s life, how the Mount Vernon estate functioned, and more fun facts! Click here to go to Mount Vernon’s website.
This site contains: explanations of Google Expeditions free VR Tour of Mt Vernon, cartoons that explain George Washington’s impact to a younger audience, clips from the John Adams miniseries and Pawn Stars that will be engaging to older students.
If you haven’t already, download Google Expeditions on Android or Apple devices now! Google Expeditions destinations to use:
- U.S. Presidents’ Homes > George Washington’s Mount Vernon, The New Room
- U.S. Presidents’ Homes > George Washington’s Mount Vernon, The West Parlor
Instructions for downloading/using the Google Expeditions App
- Open the app store
- Search for âGoogle Expeditionsâ
- Select the app titled âExpeditionsâ with the orange icon
- After the app finishes downloading, open the app and log into a google account
- Go to the âLibraryâ section at the bottom of the app
- Search the name of the tour you want to download in the search bar
- Tap the tour you want to see, then tap âDownload to view or guideâ
- Press âViewâ to open the menu for the virtual tour
- Scroll to the tour location you want to start at.
- Press the binoculars icon in the top right to start viewing in VR mode
- To search for another tour, exit the tour and go back to the âDiscoverââ tab at the bottom.
This Liberty Kids cartoon shows why George Washington was the perfect man to lead the first American soldiers.
This quick biography from the Biography(TM) series is an excellent 4 minute overview.
We love this video from a collaboration between Mt. Vernon and the History channel. It deeply explores leadership from the first perspective of the first American leader. As you watch, think about what is one quality of George Washington that you would like to use to be more successful.
We love the John Adams book and the HBO(TM) Miniseries. You can stream it on Amazon Prime, use HBO Go, or rent it on YouTube for $3.99. This first video illuminates some of the politics and thinking that led to George Washington’s appointment as General of the Continental Army.
This video from the same John Adams miniseries shows when George Washington becomes the first president of the United States of America. Who was the first vice president?
