President's Day

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1	www.perpetualpreschool.com/president.html
2	GREAT SITES FOR PRESIDENT"S DAY
3	The White House for Kids
4	PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS WORKSHEET: http://www.activitiesforkids.com/internet/presfirst.htm Students use a given URL to research simple and fun questions on the presidents, such as first President born in a log cabin, first to be married in the White House, etc.
5	http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/presday.html
6	PRESIDENT'S DAY WORKSHEET http//www.rhlschool.com/ref3n21.htm Students will fill in the blanks on this printable worksheet to compare Lincoln and Washington.
7	PRESIDENT'S DAY ACTIVITIES http//www.angelfire.com/ma/1stGrade/pageq.html For early elementary students, find several poems and songs about Lincoln and Washington, with classroom activities for related writing and art exercises.
8	THE HISTORY PLACE PRESENTS
9	PRECEDENTS AND PRESIDENTS: http://www.trinity.edu/departments/education/TCKC/495pres.htm A series of twelve lesson plans written for grade four explores early American presidents and their politics. If -you don't have time to use the whole unit, an excellent out-line accompanies each of the first seven presidents, along with great lists of spelling words and vocabulary.
10	PRESIDENTS' DAY ACTIVITIES 1/19/03 http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/presidentsday/pages/teachact.htm Students will be comparing the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, completing an online internet hunt for either or both presidents, writing quizzes on their research, and creating a PowerPoint class presentation.
11	PRESIDENTS' DAY COLORING PAGES 1/19/03 http//www.primarygames.com/holidays/presidents/coloring.htm Download and print these pages for primary students to celebrate Presidents' Day.
12	INTERACTIVE NAME THE PRESIDENT 1/19/03 http//www.mce.k12tn.net/us_presidents/hangman.htm How well do your students know the Presidents? Test their knowledge with this interactive presidential version of hangman.
13	President Day Resources 1/28/08

ABE LINCOLN SITES:
QuoteS from Abe:
"I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has." - President Abraham Lincoln

"Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be" - Abraham Lincoln

"I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday." Abraham Lincoln

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1	ABRAHAM LINCOLN RESEARCH SITE: http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html
2	IPL POTUS--ABRAHAM LINCOLN: http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/alincoln.html
3	ABRAHAM LINCOLN TREASURE HUNT QUESTIONS: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/treasure1.htmA set of questions is provided to be used in concert with Abraham Lincoln Online. This is a simple webhunt, and could easily be completed by grades 1 through 3.
4	VOTING FOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/lessons/l4.hts?id=7783&core=1103 In this second grade lesson plan, students will read books about Abraham Lincoln (others can be used than the two suggested) and then decide if and why they might vote for Lincoln again, today. They will also create a campaign poster, and use the computer to correct punctuation and grammar in sentences about Lincoln's life.
5	ABRAHAM LINCOLN QUOTES: http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln78.htm
6	FROM THE WILDERNESS TO THE WHITE HOUSE: http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/ books/wildabe.htm Printable templates can be cut, with biographical Lincoln events pasted on a timeline stovepipe hat.
7	QUIZ on Abraham Lincoln www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/treasure1.htm
8	ABRAHAM LINCOLN - www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/index.html use this site to gather facts about this president.
9	The controversy over the Lincoln penny
10	The Abraham Lincoln Research site -a place for information on this president.
11	A One page biography for students about Abraham Lincoln.
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1	THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/62wash/62wash.htm Use this lesson plan and activities to understand why Washington was and is still so admired, and how the Washington Monument itself took so long to build. Students will have a chance to discuss qualities of leadership as well as design their own monument.
2	GEORGE WASHINGTON LESSON PLAN http://rs6.loc.gov/learn/lessons/gw/gw2.html How does a new leader of a new country set up a new and effective government? Such was the task that George Washington faced, and students will review his letters and other online resources to determine how effective he was.They will create a class presentation with their findings, including a timeline relating to the Washingtonian period of American history
3	THE HISTORY PLACE - George Washington's Picture gallery
4	A student created biography of GEORGE WAHSINGTON
5	Kids Page at Valley Forge - look at a picture of Washington and tell what you think he was thinking. Lots of other games too includng an interavtive WORD SEARCH..really neat!
6	Visit this site and actually see the WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
7	George Washington Quiz
8	GEORGE WASHINGTON TREASURE HUNT http//iteslj.org/th/1/ss-washington.html Visit Mount Vernon online to answer this simple web hunt, where elementary students must answer eight quest-ions to complete the assignment.