ext, students need to spend some time conducting research about the lives of enslaved peoples at Monticello. Using the Plantation & Slavery portion of the Monticello.org website (http://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery), students can explore tools & techniques of agricultural production at the plantation, can "meet" some of the individuals and families that lived and worked on the plantation (through pictures/quotes/stories) and can think about the tedious labor involved in cultivating Jefferson's personal experiments. Ask students questions like: Do YOU like gardening for your parents or grandparents? Are you forced to do the work for them, or do you volunteer to help out? Which fruits or vegetables would be the least appealing to raise & maintain if you were one of Jefferson's slaves? Could you find personal joy or satisfaction in growing any of the particular crops? If yes, which ones and why?