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U.S. Presidential TriviaOn the left you will find links to facts and trivia about the US Presidents. If your students find additional fun facts, please e-mail them to jim@classroomhelp.com. We will continue to add more information as we find it. Also, visit our new pages on First Ladies of the United States. It is currently being built. The Presidential Oath of Office Qualifications for the Presidency of the United States
Nicknames of the Presidents - A list of common and uncommon nicknames to refer to our Presidents. Vice Presidents who became President Oldest Presidents Living and deceased as of 12/29/2006 Books and videos on the Presidents Lesson Ideas: Use the facts from the links on the left and the pictures at http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidentsday/color/presidents.pdfto create two page (one with the picture and the second on the back with facts) stories of the Presidents. This is an easy one to three day project on the Presidents. If you have time each students can read the facts she/he likes about the President they choose. Read some of the trivia and facts to the class. Assign each student or pair of students one president. Go to the library or the internet and have your students find other interesting facts on their assigned President. Have the students prepare and give one minute speeches about their President. Have the students present it in the first person. I was the 16th President of the United States. etc. Presidents' Day 3SmartCubes.com -US Presidential Quizzes The trivia and facts on these pages was drawn on numerous sources including the following web sites: Sources:
The Presidents of the United States. 22 September 2004 <http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/> Davis, Gibbs and Ilus. David A. Johnson. Wackiest White House Pets. New York: Scholastic Press, October 2004 James, Barber and Amy Pastan. Smithsonian Presidents and First Ladies. New York: DK Publishing, 2002 Harnsberger, Caroline Thomas. Treasury of Presidential Quotations. Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1964 Kane, Joseph Natan. Facts about the Presidents from Washington to Johnson. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1964. National Park Service Web Site on Presidential Trivia: http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/pres/trivia.htm. |
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