Teacher Materials
- Meet the Presidents - by Cindy Barden
- HDPL Online Catalog - For more teacher titles, check our online catalog using the terms: Presidents-United States
Read-Alouds (Picture Books)
- Arthur Meets the President - by Marc Brown
- A Big Cheese for the White House - by Candace Fleming
- Duck for President - by Doreen Cronin
- George Washington's Teeth - by Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora
- The President and Mom's Apple Pie - by Michael Garland
Juvenile Biography
- Abe Lincoln the Boy Who Loved Books - by Kay Winters
- Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington 1837-1865 - by Charyl Harness
- Abe Lincoln's Hat - by Martha Brenner
- George Washington and the General's Dog - by Frank Murphy
- A Picture Book of George Washington - by David A. Adler
- A Picture Book of John F. Kennedy - by David A. Adler
- A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson - by David A. Adler
- Teddy Roosevelt the People's President - by Sharon Gayle
Juvenile NonFiction
- First Kids - by Gibbs Davis
- If I Were President - by Cahterine Stier
- Lives of the Presidents Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) - by Kathleen Krull
- So You Want to Be President - by Judith St. George
Websites
- pbs.org - Social Studies - To get to the lesson plans about Presidents, select Social Studies and then select your grade level.
- White House Kids - This site, designed for children, includes biographies of the presidents under the history button. It also includes lesson plans in the Parents and Teachers section.
- Scholastic Teachers: Celebrate America - With lesson plans, online activities, teaching strategies, and student activities for American history including the presidents.
- Welcome to the White House - Educators can send away for their "Welcome to the White House" teaching resource.
Online Library Resources
- Facts for Learning - To get to the information on presidents, either use "presidents" as the search term of click on American History, then click on People, then choose Presidents and First Ladies. This leads to biographic information, weekly reader articles, special features and images.
- Kids InfoBits - For information about the presidents click on history and Social Studies then choose presidents. Click on a president's name. Tabs allow you to select reference, magazine, or newspaper articles or images.
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