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THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
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Ideas for Integrating Technology: (under construction: more ideas to come!) |
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Marco Polo Online Lesson Resources |
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The American Presidency from Grolier is an exclusive history of presidents, the presidency, politics and related subjects. |
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The American President: A comprehensive guide to the presidents of the United States. Written in a collaborative project between teachers, leading historians, and political scientists, these biographies are specifically designed to be valuable to students, teachers, and scholars. |
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American Presidents Life Portraits: "Pick A President" to find Life Facts, Related Resources, and "Did You Know?" tidbits |
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CyberSleuthKids: Presidents of the United States. Select a president, and this site finds selected internet links related to that name. |
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Fact Monster Resources:
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Federal Government Resources: The Presidents Extensive web site with pages for each President, Washington to Clinton; Picture, biographies, election results, etc. |
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George Washington Online |
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Inaugural Addresses: From George Washington to George W. Bush |
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Internet Public Library's Presidents of the United States: in addition to basic facts, this site also includes links to other Internet biographies & resources, as well as "Points of Interest." For example: A "Point of Interest" listed for George Washington: The six white horses in Washington's stables had their teeth brushed every morning on Washington's orders. |
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KidInfo: Reference Resources for the Presidents of the United States |
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KidsConnect Links: Presidents of the United States |
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Lists of Presidents: topics ranging from listing by height and Zodiac sign to US Presidents who were left-handed, and more! Check out the Presidents Who Were First! |
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Presidential Libraries: provides contact information for and links to ten presidential libraries and two presidential materials projects administered by NARA's Office of Presidential Libraries. |
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Presidents Hall (from the White House website) |
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Professor Mark's USA Trivia includes interesting facts about the Presidents, the First Ladies, the Presidents' kids & pets, the White House itself ... even trivia regarding presidential moustaches and beards! |
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Profiles of the U.S. Presidents from exploreDC.org. Also includes links to information about First Ladies and presidential homes. |
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Vincent Voice Library: Listen to presidential speeches! This site includes WAV and MPEG2 files of many U.S. Presidents going back to Benjamin Harrison. |
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World Almanac for Kids: The Presidents of the United States
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Tech Integration Ideas |
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WhoWhatWhen
Interactive Historical Timelines Did you know that the zipper
was invented during the time that Benjamin Harrison was President?
Who was President when the flush toilet was invented? You can find
the answers to this question and others by visiting the the WhoWhatWhen
Interactive Historical Timeline! Explore on your own, or let your
students find out on their own. The following handouts are available for use with this site: Directions on how to use this site to find information about the American Presidents and
a Student
Exploration Handout.
Both handouts are in 
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Use Excel to organize and sort information about the American Presidents. Click here to download an Excel file that includes name, dates in office, and nickname for each President, as well as trivia, interesting info, and inventions that took place during that term in office. |
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Use PowerPoint
to organize a research project for your students. Click
here for a sample.
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Online Practice Exercises & Games: |
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