Booker T. Washington
National Monument

Enrichment Programs

Click on the links below to view each program's activities online.


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Choices in Black and White?
Grades 2 & 3

Students investigate the meanings of freedom. By searching for clues, students will discover the rights and privileges of master and slave. Using those clues, they'll discuss the choices and consequences that faced the people who lived on this plantation.




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The Quilt of Cultures
Grades 3 & 4

Students experience aspects of slave culture such as music, foods, and crafts that survived slavery to create the cultural blend we have in Virginia today. While exploring things that were part of Booker T. Washington's life, students discover how this slave culture survived and is evident in America's quilt of cultures.




The Enrichment Programs can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. To download the file, right click on the link and select "save target as". To view and print the file from within your web browser, left click on the link.

Choices in Black and White [121K]        Quilt of Cultures [139K]

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Booker T. Washington National Monument
12130 Booker T. Washington Highway
Hardy, Virginia  24101