U.S. Presidents
In cooperation with the APPLE Partnership
|
Teacher Materials
|
- Meet the Presidents by Cindy Barden
- 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 Candance 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 Non-Fiction |
- 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
|
In cooperation with the APPLE Partnership
