U.S. Presidents

PRESIDENTS OF THE

UNITED STATES

What do James Buchannan, Calvin Coolidge, and George Washington have in common? That's right! They all served our country as President of the United States. This position is the highest political office anyone can hold in our country. The President has the ability to make decisions that will change history forever. Use these resources to help students understand the significance of the man that we call Mr. President.

Curriculum Reference

Curr/Ref ActBks M219c 1996/97	The Mailbox Primary 1996-1997 Yearbook pgs. 208-211 "The White House: The Most Famous House in America" By Shari Abbey 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the address to the most famous house in America: The White House! Teach a cross-curriculum lesson about the White House including such activities as writing a letter to a presidential pet, doing math story problems about rooms and furniture in the White House, painting a presidential portrait, or telling scary White House ghost stories!
Curr/Ref SocStu A864 1985	Presidents: Understanding America's Presidents Through Related Activities Delight your students by playing presidential trivia! Enjoy a class discussion about presidential issies. MAke fun visual aids using these reproducibles.
Curr/Ref SocStu Z39p 1992	The Presidents: Whole Language Theme Unit 32 pages of presidential activities including posters, bulletin board ideas, and worksheets. This book is full of cross-curriculum lessons including math and science.
Curr/Ref ActBks M219d 1996/97	The Mailbox Intermediate 1996-1997 Yearbook pgs. 128-132 "The Road to the White House" By Chris Christensen What is presidential campaigning all about? How important is the electoral college? Answer these and other questions through fun activities as you take your students down the road to the White House.

Manipulative

Curr/TA Math 65

Bingo Money: a fun way to practice counting

Integrate math into your lesson by helping students to identify the faces of presidents as they count bills and coins.

Periodicals

Oct/Nov 2000 p. 44-47	The Mailbox Bookbag "Electing the President" Teach students to participate in elections by holding mock presidential elections in your classroom. This article has ideas for campaigning, electoral votes, and related children's leterature. It also contains a mock electoral ballot that you can reproduce for your own class elections.
Jan/Feb 1996 p. 33-40 p. 13-15	The New Good Apple Newspaper: Grades 2-5 "Happy Birthday Mr. Presidents!" Enhance your President's Day celebration through poetry, parties, dress-up, spelling, music, riddles, math and story problems.
Jan/Feb 1998 p. 59-64	The New Good Apple Newspaper: Grades 2-5 "Lincoln Activities" Teach your students about Honest Abe through songs, literature, worksheets, and party ideas. Use money as a way to help children to recognize the face of Abe Lincoln and other presidents.
Jan/Feb 2001 p. 28-33	Copycat "By George" Celebrate President's Day by having children act out a drama about the life of George Washington. The script can be divided into 50 different parts so that everyone can participate! Also includes ideas for arts and crafts and a yummy President's Day treat.

Children's Collection

Children Easy S635g	George Washington's Cows A delightful fantasy story about George Washington and the farm animals that live in his house.
Children 353.03 J67p	The Presidency Who were the most influential presidents? This book highlights in detail several of our past presidents who made decisions that changed the course of American history.
Children 324 G779h	How We Choose A President Explain tough political terms to upper grade students with the help of this step by step guideline of the political campaigning process. It contains a helpful list of political definitions that will enhance your student's understanding.
Children 973 S496L	The Last Cow on the White House Lawn and Other Little Known Facts About the Presidency Who kept a pen of turkeys at the White House? Which President got stuck in the bathtub and had to have help to get out? Find out answers to these questions and other fun trivia that will keep the students laughing.
Children 973 M522w	Wives of the Presidents Teach your students about the powerful woman behind each President with these short biographies of each First Lady.

E176.1 T44 2002

Thanks For the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the front row of the White House.

Enhance your studying of each president by reading this funny complilation of famous and not so famous quote from our past US presidents.

E176.1 T59 2000

To the Best of My Ability: the American Presidents

Use this book as a resource as you teach your students the importance of the President's Inagural Address.

Curr/TA Computer C244 1993

Capitol Hill

Give students a taste of what it really feels like to live and work in Washington D.C.

Curr/TA Computer W377w 1996

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Chronicle of the 20th Century

Students can research each President through reading biographies, seeing pictures, videos and much more!

Curr/TA Posters SocStu	Enhance your classroom with these fun presidential posters!
11	A Walk Through the Twentieth Century
159	Presidents of the United States
161	Spouces of the Presidents
160	Vice Presidents of the United States
15	Abraham Linclon

www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/	Take a virtual tour of the White House, try presidential recipies, or meet the White House pets. This comprehensive website has it all!
www.whitehousekids.gov	A fun and interactive website kids will love!
www.ipl.org/div/potus	Presidential portraits, trivia and more!
www.presidentsusa.net	Contains links to dozens of presidential resources on the internet.

Created By:

Amanda Barlow

Fall 2002

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