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.)

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

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

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

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 Almanac by 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

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• GeorWilliam Mckinley (Presidential Leaders) by Laura Bufano Edgege

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

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 Syl Sobel• 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