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Introduction Cast Review & Awards Game Trivia Quiz George W. BushPresidential Links & Activities
For any President, an excellent place to start is POTUS: Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/George Washington’s Diary!
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.htmlThe White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/index.html“By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present”
The Library of Congress American Memory Historical Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.htmlThe National First Ladies Museum
http://www.firstladies.org/The American Presidency
http://www.gi.grolier.com/presidents/
Activities
Presidential Trivia Quiz
(courtesy of Sarah Shealy, reproduced with the permission of Harcourt)
Score:30-42 correct – Have you thought about running for President?20-29 correct – Excellent.
11 to 19 correct – You could try for Vice-President.
10 or less – May we suggest a copy of Lives of the Presidents?
Another Presidential quiz, on-line:
http://www.edu4kids.com/pres/Do you know all the Presidents? Play hangman and find out!
To the student: Choose a President who interests you. Explore his life in more depth with a trip to the library and a visit to some links.
To the student: Look at the quotation that begins this book-- “All history is gossip.”
What do you think President Kennedy meant? Write a paragraph about how history could be seen this way. If possible, use examples from the book.Election Day!
Vote for Your Favorite President (reproduced with the permission of Harcourt)
Who would your students elect as their favorite American president in history? Included are instructions for creating a ballot box, an official ballot master so you can hold your own class elections, and “I voted” slips to hand out after ballots have been cast.Pick two Presidents and compare them by filling out this form.
(courtesy of Dr. Alexa Sandman, College of Education, The University of Toledo)Have the class write and design the front page of a newspaper about the Presidents. Form groups of reporters and ask each to choose a different president. Gather information from Lives of the Presidents, an encyclopedia, and web sites. Include the important events related to his term in office. (Check out more activities like this one on the “Curricular Connections” page for Lives of the Presidents on the Audio Bookshelf website at http://www.audiobookshelf.com/lopres_cc.html)
Harcourt study guide Presidents section
APPROXIMATELY 38 THINGS TO DO WITH BIOGRAPHIES IN THE CLASSROOM
Disclaimer: Like so many of us, the Web is fluid and quirky. All links accurate as of November 2000. Contents of Web sites change continuously, so please review links before introducing to students. If you find a broken link, contact us at brokenlink@websitesandmore.net.
