U.S PresidentsGrade 3

By: Katie EskenED 417

Materials

• Power Point• Worksheet of acrostic poem• Make up own word search• Sheet of paper with first five presidents on it.

Roles of the President

Roles Con’t

Now let’s learn about the American Presidents

• We will take a closer look at the first 5 presidents.

• At the end you will complete a worksheet and poem. You may pick which one you would like to do.

George Washington• Was the first president of the United States.• George Washington also fought in the French and Indian

War.• 1759 served in the Virginia House of Burgesses• When the Second Continental Congress assembled in

Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his own troops.

• In 1787 became part of the ratification of the new constitution.

John Adams

• A delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, he led in the movement for our independence.

• He was elected as George Washington’s Vice President

Thomas Jefferson

• Third President of the United States of America.• Helped draft The Declaration of Independence• Became minister of France in 1785.• Thomas Jefferson was also a part of George

Washington’s cabinet until he resigned in 1793• He first became vice president in 1796.

James Madison

• Fourth President of the United States of America

• he participated in the Virginia Constitution in 1776, served in the Continental Congress, and was a leader in the Virginia Assembly.

• Known as the “Father of Constitution” • He also helped frame the Bill of Rights

James Monroe

• Fifth President of the United States of America• Helped ratify the Constitution• United States Senator in 1790

Acrostic Poem

• Take the word president and create an acrostic poem using each letter of president.

• http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/president/poem

Word Search

• Complete a word search that includes the president’s names that we just learned.

• http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/• http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/cod

e/BuildWordSearch.asp

Put the first five presidents in order

• Put this presidents in order, compare your answers with your classmates.

• James Monroe• Thomas Jefferson• James Madison• John Adams• George Washington

List 3 different roles the president has

• Choose any three roles that a president has and explain what that role means.

Unscramble the letters and find the name of a president you just

learned about • omthas ffesornje• eamsj adsomin• mjaes oenrmo• oegreg shotwannig• hjno mdasa

URLs

• http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4683

• http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/president/poem/

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/

• http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/• http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/• http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

WordSearchSetupForm.html

URLs con’t

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/

• http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/WordSearchSetupForm.html