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President Report Links

 Here are some links to some web sites that may be helpful to you as you work on your president reports:

INTRODUCTORY MEDIA:

60 Second Presidents - PBS Learning Media

PRESIDENT WEB PAGES:

1) White House Presidents Page
2) History.com American Presidents - scroll down to find the list of presidents
3) Factmonster Biographies of the Presidents
4) Mr. President
5) C-Span Life Portraits of the Presidents - (use scroll box at top to pick a president)
6) Potus (Presidents of the United States)
7) National Portrait Gallery Hall of Presidents
8) Presidential Libraries Links (not all presidents included here, click the links on the left)
9) Meet the Presidents (by students at Pocantico Hills Elementary)
10) Presidential Facts Page (award winning student designed page)

KID FRIENDLY SEARCH ENGINES:

Google Safe Search - from Awesome Library
Ask for Kids
Kid Rex - search geared for kids

CLIP ART SOURCES:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs- many images of presidents and some first ladies
New York Public Library Picture Collection - Archive of Historical Pictures
American Memory Collection - from the Library of Congress
Picts4Learning - Copyright friendly pictures for educational use, look for Washington D.C. pictures here

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

World Book Web - use link on library page
Wikipedia - note: some information may not be accurate
Answers.com - pulls in information from encyclopedias and other sources
We also have the World Book Encyclopedia CD available in the computer lab (not online)

INFORMATION ON TIME PERIODS:

Factmonster Timeline
Dear America Timeline
About: Inventors
Music - look under "Song Eras"
Women's History Timeline
Campaign Slogans

CITATION GENERATOR:

Bibme - tool to help you make your bibliography

ONLINE GAMES:

Name that President - matching game

Hangman - president names

Name that President - match the face to the name

Funbrain Who is That - name the president

All the Presidents' Children - cool matching game to learn facts about the children of the presidents

Dynamite Presidents - game to learn about the presidents on Mount Rushmore

What does the President Do? - presidential responsibilities

President for a Day - simulation to see what it is like to be president, from PBS

If You Were President - another activity to learn what it is like to be president, from Scholastic

Wooden Teeth and Jelly Beans - match interesting facts about the presidents


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