Biltmore Estate: Discover the Destination
Includes a selection of Biltmore Estate images, virtual tours, and activities for kids. Limited historical information is found on this website.
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- America's Story from America's Library An interactive website that incorporates games and multiple media formats with primary sources and information to encourage kids to learn about American history
- Lesson plan: “Picturing” America at the turn of the twentieth century Students link together the literature and the history of the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Questions guide students as they study visual documents. Students also read the teacher's choice of two widely anthologized short stories and an excerpt from a best-selling novel of the period. Two exercises will raise student awareness of the impact that visual images have on their lives: one that is based on internet advertising and a second that results in a student-produced scrapbook.
- Lesson plan: Gardens all around Students learn to appreciate the plants and animals that make their homes in the gardens of North Carolina.
- A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate This tour of “America's Castle” explains the technological features George Vanderbilt incorporated into his turn-of-the-century home.
Related pages
- Historic Oak View County Park: This nineteenth century farmstead has been made into a county park and is devoted to interpreting the area's agricultural and rural heritage for the citizens of Wake County.
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial (NC Historic Site): Thomas Wolfe wrote fiction and used the setting of his mother's boardinghouse in Asheville, NC in his autobiographical novel Look Homeward, Angel. The house is now the location of The Thomas Wolfe Memorial. Read a biography of Wolfe on this website and learn about visiting the memorial.
- Historic Bost Grist Mill: This working grist mill will transport students back to the 1800s and shows how people lived and worked in that time. Originally powered by water, the mill is operated by tractor with a belt and pulley today.
Related topics
- Learn more about 19th century, Buncombe County, North Carolina, Vanderbilts, barns, estates, farming, historic homes, historic sites, history, and industry.
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No house in America brings the glorious Gilded Age to life more vividly than Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. More than 90 rooms, faithfully preserved and filled with thousands of original furnishings, suggest that the Vanderbilts are still at home. From the opulent living quarters enjoyed by family and friends to the downstairs domain of the domestic staff, the House presents a detailed portrait of the great 19th-century country estate.
The Biltmore website contains many photographs of the house and grounds. To find the more informational sections (rather than commercial), navigate to the Education and Training heading. Here you will find the virtual tours of some of the rooms and portions of the gardens, fun facts, and an activities page for kids.
TheBiltmore Estate offers several programs from which to choose for school groups. All programs are linked to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Students may learn more about the Vanderbilt family and the Biltmore Estate by downloading the Student Resource Guide. This is a .PDF file and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
For more information on visiting the Biltmore Estate call 1-800-624-1575
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