Presidents' Day Websites

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres/washington/

-Enchanted Learning:  George Washington

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres/lincoln/

-Enchanted Learning: Abraham Lincoln

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 George W. Bush 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://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/fimage/image.php?id=1046

-Abraham Lincoln's Log Cabin

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

-Photograph of Abraham Lincoln

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

-Helpful sites

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

-Games and links