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U.S. Presidents: Everything You Need
Lesson plans, activities, and games to help students learn about past presidents and develop leadership skills.
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Biography Genre Study Grades 3-7
Grades: 3–5, 6–8
Biographies can introduce students to a whole new world of historical figures and different eras. Studying them can also inspire students as they read about people who overcame problems, faced obstacles and criticism, but persevered to succeed.
Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Listen and Read Activities, Online Learning Activities
What Does the President Do? A Listen and Read Book, Level A
Grades: 1–2
Follow the president of the United States as he signs laws, meets with foreign leaders, and leads our armed forces in this Level A read-aloud book for young students.
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Web Hunt: Presidents Past, Present, and Future
Grades: 3–5, 6–8
Take a trip to meet presidents from long ago and get a glimpse into the future as you find facts about the Commander-in-Chief.
 Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Online Learning Activities If You Were President: A Scholastic News Online ActivityGrades: 3–5 Students choose presidential advisors, balance the national budget, and defend their choices while playing this fun interactive activity. |
 Online Learning Activities Presidents, Game 1: A History Mystery ActivityGrades: 3–5, 6–8 By conducting research and using the few number of clues possible, students are challenged to solve a “mystery” related to U.S. presidents. |
 Computer Lab Activities U.S. Presidents: A Math Hunt ActivityGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Learn important and interesting facts about our nation's leaders. Then apply your skills and prove your math leadership by correctly solving... |
 Listen and Read Activities The Path of a President: A Listen and Read Book, Level AGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Early readers follow Abraham Lincoln from childhood to the presidency with this read-along book with audio and photos. |
 Listen and Read Activities The Path of a President: A Listen and Read Book, Level BGrades: 1–2 Early readers follow Abraham Lincoln from childhood to the presidency with this short read-along that includes text, audio, and photos. |
Articles Facts About JeffersonGrades: 6–8 Birthplace: Shadwell, Albemarle County, VirginiaReligion: Christian (no specific denomination)College Attended: College of William and Mary,... |
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Articles Growth of the PresidencyGrades: 6–8, 9–12 The establishment of the presidency in 1789, by the framers of the Constitution of the United States, was an act of political creativity. The... |
Activities and Games, Extension Activities, Book Resources Arthur Meets the President Extension ActivityGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity for Arthur Meets the President by Marc Brown. |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources So You Want to Be President?Grades: 3–5 Even United States Presidents started out as regular kids! So You Want to Be President? is chock-full of interesting tidbits about our Presidents;... |
Lesson Plans The Washington MonumentGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 In this lesson, students read about George Washington and discuss the monument built in his honor. Then they create their own monument to honor a... |
 Internet Field Trip: Getting Acquainted With Washington and LincolnGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Provides Web sites with information on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Web resources contain journals, newspaper clippings, and photographs... |
Lesson Plans Thomas JeffersonGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Spend a day in the life of the multi-talented man, President Thomas Jefferson, with these informative biographical websites. |
History of the White HouseGrades: History of the White House and Washington, D.C. from 1792 to today. |
Articles Biography of President George H.W. BushGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Biography of former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush. |
President Gerald R. Ford BiographyGrades: Brief biography of Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States of America. |
Transcript of Live Chat with Gerald FordGrades: Transcript from the February 10, 1995 online interview with former President Gerald R. Ford. |
Highlights of Carter's PresidencyGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Important events during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. |
Articles President George H.W. Bush Answers Student QueriesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 President George H.W. Bush answers questions from students. |
President Carter Answers Your QuestionsGrades: President Jimmy Carter agreed to answer seven questions selected from several hundred posted by Scholastic students. |
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