Education Update: September 2025

Welcome to a New School Year!

Welcome to a new and very important school year!

With our nation’s 250th anniversary approaching (in less than a year!), more and more teachers are looking for resources to teach the founding of America. With different curriculums and classrooms across the United States, it’s important for such resources to be adaptable, relevant, and accessible. Many celebrations are happening here at Mount Vernon and in Virginia to mark this occasion. We hope you'll join the celebrations happening in your communities and bring the excitement back to your students.

We also hope to celebrate with you by bringing Mount Vernon to you throughout the 2025-2026 school year by way of new dynamic programming and best practice resources. At George Washington’s Mount Vernon, we’re proud to have a wide range of classroom resources on the founding era for teachers to use and adapt to fit into their classrooms. From quick videos to interactive games, Mount Vernon has something for everyone. All resources are free, and the majority are designed with direct teacher input.

NEW Teacher Professional Development

We're excited to announce Mount Vernon's NEW and first of its kind video-based professional learning course George Washington: Inventing the Presidency from ClassSpark.

Join George Washington Teacher Institute experts, including Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, Executive Director of The Washington Library, to examine how George Washington's presidency shaped the new united states, do a close reading of Washington's Farwell Address to the nation, and explore Mount Vernon's collections through the use of historical thinking strategies.

Washington Day-to-Day

Follow George Washington in real time as he takes command of the Continental Army and leads the fight for liberty against Great Britain. Did you know, that on September 19, 2025, John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, writes Washington with enormous news? Over half a million dollars in Continental currency has been dispatched for the maintenance of the army. This transfer of funds is one of the earliest large-scale distributions of the new national currency.