Page from George Washington’s School CopybookAccording to the Library of Congress: Washington was a young teenager when he wrote these school exercises between 1745 and 1748. His particular mathematical and surveying interests are reflected in the carefully drawn and written exercises. In addition, these (and other) of young George's exercises: ...provide a fair view of the range of early tutorial education provided the son of a Virginia planter in the eighteenth century. Click on the image for a better view. CreditsGeorge Washington's School Copybook, Geometrical Problems. Treasures from the Library of Congress. |
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Biographies
- Anthony, Susan B.
- Attila the Hun
- Beethoven's Hair
- Benedict Arnold
- Brockovich, Erin
- Chronicles of Narnia
History
- American Colonies
- American Revolution - Highlights
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Auschwitz: Place of Horrors
- Book Burning and Censorship
Disasters
- America Attacked: 9/11
- Black Death
- Challenger Disaster
- Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion
- Fatal Voyage: The Titanic
- Galveston and the Great Storm of 1900


















