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Be the President - Making Your Own Budget
   Be the President Lesson


U.S. Presidents Time Line
     6 Pages - Pre-made PDF for your bulletin board
     8 Pages - Pre-made PDF for your bulletin board
     10 Pages - Pre-made PDF for your bulletin board


What would YOU do?
     If I Were First Lady (Grades 4-6)


Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     What's in The White House? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Lincoln's Handy Hat! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     President Washington's Pearly Whites (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

    Presidents of the United States
     George Washington (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     John Adams (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Thomas Jefferson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     James Madison (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     James Monroe (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     John Quincy Adams (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Andrew Jackson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Martin Van Buren (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     William Henry Harrison (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     John Tyler (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     James K. Polk (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Zachary Taylor (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Millard Fillmore (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Franklin Pierce (Very Quick Reader; Gradess 3-5 Readability)
     James Buchanan (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Abraham Lincoln (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Andrew Johnson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Ulysses S. Grant (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Rutherford B. Hayes (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     James Garfield (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Chester A. Arthur (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Grover Cleveland (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Benjamin Harrison (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     William McKinley (Very Quick Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Theodore Roosevelt (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     William Taft (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Woodrow Wilson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Warren Harding (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Calvin Coolidge (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Herbert Hoover (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Franklin D. Roosevelt (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Harry Truman (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Dwight Eisenhower (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     John F. Kennedy (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Lyndon Johnson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Richard Nixon (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Gerald Ford (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Jimmy Carter (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Ronald Reagan (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     George H. W. Bush (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     William Clinton (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     George W. Bush (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Barack Obama (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

    First Ladies of the United States
     Edith Roosevelt (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Helen Taft (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Ellen Wilson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Edith Wilson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Florence Harding (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Grace Coolidge (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Lou Hoover (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Eleanor Roosevelt (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Bess Truman (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Mamie Eisenhower (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Jacqueline Kennedy (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Pat Nixon (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Betty Ford (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Rosalynn Carter (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Nancy Reagan (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Barbara Bush (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Hillary Rodham Clinton (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Laura Bush (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Michelle Obama (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

Short Readers
     Barack Obama (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     The Picture of a President (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Mount Rushmore (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Lincoln Home National Historic Site (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     When Is Presidents Day? (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Happy President's Day (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)

Spanish
     ¿Qué hay en la Casa Blanca? (grades 3-5)
     EL PRÁCTICO SOMBRERO DE LINCOLN (grades 3-5)
     Las blancas perlas del presidente Washington (grades 4-6)
     George Washington (grades 4-6)
     John Adams (grades 3-6)
     James Madison (grades 4-6)
     James Monroe (grades 4-6)
     John Quincy Adams (grades 4-6)
     Andrew Jackson (grades 3-5)
     Martin Van Buren (grades 3-5)
     William Henry Harrison (grades 4-6)
     John Tyler (grades 4-6)
     Barack Obama (grades 3-5)
     La foto de un presidente (grades 4-6)
     ¡Felíz Día del Presidente! (grades 5-6)
     Monte Rushmore (grades 4-6)
     Sitio Histórico Nacional Casa de Lincoln (grades 4-6)


Reading Comprehensions
     Dolley Madison Saves President Washington (Grades 2-3)
     A Palace for the President - The Story of the White House, Part 1 (Grades 3-5)
     A House with Growing Pains - The Story of the White House, Part 2 (Grades 3-5)
     A Pony in the Elevator and Other Stories of White House Kids (Grades 3-5)
     Can Children Live in the White House? (Grades 3-5)
     Abraham Lincoln, Part 1 (Grades 3-6)
     Abraham Lincoln, Part 2 (Grades 3-6)
     Meet Barack Obama (Grades 4-6)
     Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too (Grades 6-8)
     Electing Our President (Grades 6-8)
     The President's Role in Passing Laws (Grades 6-8)
     Dealing with the Press, One Part of the President's Job (Grades 6-8)
     Commander-in-Chief (Grades 6-8)
     Presidential Appointments (Grades 6-8)
     The President's Cabinet (Grades 6-8)
     The President's Staff (Grades 6-8)
     The White House Staff (Grades 6-8)
     A President's Day (Grades 6-8)
     Christmas at the White House (Grades 6-8)
     Children in the White House (Grades 6-8)
     Growing Up in the White House (Grades 6-8)
     Leader of the Free World (Grades 6-8)
     Presidential Travel (Grades 6-8)
     State of the Union (Grades 6-8)
     The Life of Barack Obama (Grades 7-12)
     Presidents, Kings, Dictators (Grades 8-10)
     The Power of the President (Grades 8-10)
     George Washington (Grades 8-10)
     Lincoln, Part 1 (Grades 8-10)
     Lincoln, Part 2 (Grades 8-10)
     Ronald Reagan (Grades 8-10)
     Theodore Roosevelt (Grades 8-10)
     American Government Theme Unit
     Inauguration Day Theme Unit

Spanish
     ¿Los niños pueden vivir en la Casa Blanca? (grades 3-5)
     Abraham Lincoln (primera parte) (grades 3-6)
     Les presento a Barack Obama (grades 4-6)
     Lincoln (primera parte)
     Lincoln (segunda parte)


Read and Color
            Young Abraham Lincoln
            President Lincoln
            Who Would Want To Be President?
            The History of President's Day
             President's Day Read and Color (PDF File)
             Our President Read and Color (PDF File)
             U.S. Presidents coloring book (PDF File)
            All Aboard the Campaign Train


Finish the Story
     President's Day (Grades 3-4)
     And the Winner Is... (Grades 4-6)
     A President's Day Surprise (Grades 4-6)
     A Great Idea (Grades 6-8)


Writing
Replying to Letters


Document Based Activities
     Document Based Activities


Analogies
             President's Day Analogies


Book Units
    George Washington and the General's Dog (Step Into Reading) (Grades 1-3)
    A Picture Book of George Washington (Grades 2-4)
    Barack (Grades 2-4)
    George Washington's Socks (Grades 3-6)
    The Kid Who Became President (Grades 3-8)
    Lincoln: A Photobiography (Grades 4-7)
    Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Grades 5-10)
    Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Grades 5-10)
    The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Grades 9-12)


Presidents Social Studies Review (multiple choice with writing questions)
     President's Day first grade social studies questions
     President's Day second grade social studies questions
     President's Day third grade social studies questions
     President's Day fourth grade social studies questions
     President's Day fifth grade social studies questions
     President's Day sixth grade social studies questions


Who Is This President?
     A Random President - use this printable if you do not want to pick the president
     George Washington
     John Adams
     Thomas Jefferson
     James Madison
     James Monroe
     John Quincy Adams
     Andrew Jackson
     Martin Van Buren
     William H. Harrison
     John Tyler
     James Polk
     Zachary Taylor
     Millard Fillmore
     Franklin Pierce
     James Buchanan
     Abraham Lincoln
     Andrew Johnson
     Ulysses S. Grant
     Rutherford B. Hayes
     James Garfield
     Chester A. Arthur
     Grover Cleveland
     Benjamin Harrison
     Grover Cleveland
     William McKinley
     Theodore Roosevelt
     William H. Taft
     Woodrow Wilson
     Warren Harding
     Calvin Coolidge
     Herbert Hoover
     Franklin D. Roosevelt
     Harry Truman
     Dwight Eisenhower
     John F. Kennedy
     Lyndon B. Johnson
     Richard Nixon
     Gerald Ford
     Jimmy Carter
     Ronald Reagan
     George Bush
     William Clinton
     George W. Bush


Crossword Puzzles
     The Executive Branch
     Presidential Nicknames
     Departments in the Executive Branch
     Wartime Presidents
     Presidential Quotations


Crossword Puzzles - Mix of Presidents
     Presidents Crossword Puzzle (1 hint each)
     Presidents Crossword Puzzle (2 hints each)
     Presidents Crossword Puzzle (3 hints each)
     Presidents Crossword Puzzle (4 hints each)
     Presidents Crossword Puzzle (5 hints each)
     Presidents Crossword Puzzle (1-3 hints each)


Story Prompts
     Story Starter - If I were president, I would ...
     Write your own story starter printable


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