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American Presidents

American Presidents. Created by Jessica Brandenburg. Idea. I love history and I want to share this passion with my students. So I did an I-Search on the American Presidents. I found a variety of materials that offer different perspectives on the subject. Idea (cont.).

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American Presidents

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  1. American Presidents Created by Jessica Brandenburg

  2. Idea • I love history and I want to share this passion with my students. So I did an I-Search on the American Presidents. I found a variety of materials that offer different perspectives on the subject.

  3. Idea (cont.) • I wanted to try and find as many books and other items on the individual presidents as possible and I think I succeeded.

  4. Websites • These are all sites that can provide information to students about the American Presidents • http://pbskids.org/wayback/ • http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident • http://www.americanpresidents.org/classroom/ • http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ • http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdwash.htm • http://www.kids.gov/educators/ed_government.shtml • http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Presidents.html • http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/uspresidents.htm

  5. Software • These are all programs that can provide information about the Presidents. • Decisions, Decisions: On the Campaign Trail • Encyclopedia Britannica Profiles: US Presidents • American Presidents History CD • Atlas of US Presidents Head Honchos of America • US Presidents Trivia CD • Encyclopedia Britannica American History: US Presidents • President for A day • Encyclopedia Britannica Great American Presidents

  6. Non-Fiction • These books can assist students in learning more about our former presidents, the families, and their lives. • Our Country's Presidents: Completely Revised and Expanded by Ann Bausum • Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt • At Home with the Presidents by Juddi Morris • How the President Is Elected (The U.S. Government: How It Works) by Heather Lehr Wagner • Ask Me Anything About the Presidents (Avon Camelot Books) by Louis Phillips • The Presidents Almanacby Paula N. Kessler and Justin Segal • Bill Clinton: United States President (People to Know) by Michael D. Cole • American Presidents (Middle School Mastery) by Claudia Vurnakes • George W. Bush (Presidents) by Tim O'Shei and Joe Marren • Presidential Races: The Battle for Power in the United States (People's History) by Arlene Morris-lipsman • From Log Cabin to White House With Abraham Lincoln (My American Journey) by Deborah Hedstrom-Page and Sergio Martinez • From Colonies to Country With George Washington (My American Journey) by Deborah Hedstrom-Page and Sergio Martinez • Presidents and First Ladies by Ruth Ashby • Presidential Assasins (History Makers Series) by Patricia D. Netzley • Presidential Administration Profiles for Students (U.S. Government for Students Series) by Kelle S. Sisung and Gerda-Ann Raffaelle

  7. Trade Books • Here are some more books about individual Presidents and their backgrounds. • Barack Obama: Our 44th President by Beatrice Gormley • Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman of a Nation by Natalie S. Bober • President George W. Bush : Our Forty-Third President by Beatrice Gormley • Benjamin Harrison (Presidential Leaders) by Bruce Adelson • Ronald Reagan (Up Close) by James B. Sutherland • George H. W. Bush (Presidential Leaders) by Diana Childress • The Great Adventure: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America by Albert Marrin • Commander in Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War by Albert Marrin • GeorWilliamMckinley (Presidential Leaders) by Laura BufanoEdgege Washington and the Founding of a Nation by Albert Marrin • Millard Fillmore (Presidential Leaders) by Alison M. Behnke • William Mckinley (Presidential Leaders) by Laura Bufano Edge • Lincoln in His Own Words by Milton Meltzer and Stephen Alcorn • Barack Obama: A Leader in a Time of Change (USA Today Lifeline Biographies) by Karen Sirvaitis • George W. Bush (Just the Facts Biographies) by Heron Marquez • Mr. President: A Book of US Presidents by George Sullivan

  8. Picture Books • For this category, I found some books about the election process and more books about the individual presidents and their lives. • The Smithsonian Book of the First Ladies: Their Lives, Times, and Issues by Edith P. Mayo • Picturing Lincoln: Famous Photographs That Popularized the President by George Sullivan • So You Want to Be President? (Caldecott Medal Book) by David Small • Ghosts of the White House by Cheryl Harness • Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts by SylSobel • Duck for President by Doreen Cronin • America Votes: How Our President Is Elected by Linda Granfield • Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections by Peter W. Barnes • What Presidents Are Made Of • The Buck Stops Here: The Presidents of the United States written and illustrated by Alice Provensen • You’re on Your Way, Teddy Roosevelt written by Judith St. George • If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln by Ann McGovern and George Ulrich • If You Grew Up with George Washington by Ann McGovern • The Story of Thomas Jefferson by Patricia A. Pingry • The Story of George Washington by Patricia A. Pingry

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