Presidents' Day Websites

http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hol/president.html

-Background information and activities.

http://www.teachingheart.net/presidents.html

-A mini unit/ theme on Presidents' Day. Also included are printables, links, book ideas, poems, recipes and a few tips to help you plan activities!

http://www.theholidayzone.com/president/songs.html

-Presidents' Day songs 

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites019.shtml

-Web sites about U.S. Presidents provide information, lesson plans, activities, and insights into the office of the presidency as well as the character of the men who have served in that office. Explore online biographies, facts, photos, videos, and sound clips for a picture of those U.S. presidents and the country they served. Included: Five sites about past and present U.S. presidents.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html

-Background information on George Washington

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html

-Background information on Abraham Lincoln

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/01-1/lp223_02.shtml

-Students create a new monument for a U.S. president!

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/01-1/lp223_03.shtml

- Students imagine that they are president of the United States for one day! What would they do? What would their day be like?  

http://www.handwriting.org/images/samples/pressigs.htm

-View handwriting samples of each president from George Washington to Bill Clinton at this site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

-The order of succession to the U.S. Presidency.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp254-04.shtml

- Students explore the history of the White House and the role of the president through true stories and activities for the imagination.

http://www.nps.gov/gewa/

-Picture of George Washington’s birthplace.

http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln23.html

-A great photograph of what Lincoln’s log cabin would have looked like.

http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/fimage/image.php?id=1046

-A larger image of this log cabin.

http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/fimage/image.php?id=1051

-Photograph of Abraham Lincoln.

http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/February/washshaplines.htm

-George Washington shape book pattern.

http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/February/washington1.htm

-George Washington word search.

http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/February/lincoln1.htm

-Abraham Lincoln word search.

http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/February/lincolnlines.htm

-Abraham Lincoln shape book pattern.

www.unitedstreaming.com

-Log on, then under “search by keyword” type in “president’s day”.  “Holiday Facts and Fun: President’s Day” will come up.

http://mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/features/presday.html

-Many resources for teachers and students.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/socstu/presday2.htm

-Helpful sites

http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/presidents/presidents.htm

-Games and links