| Using
This Site With Your Class
The following are suggestions that will help you make the best use of this site with your students. Elementary Level Students Children Write to the Presidents Students are invited to read several real letters written by children
to different presidents. Each letter is accompanied by a series
of questions that help students analyze it. Finally using helpful
tips, children are invited to e-mail the president themselves. Students are introduced to fun facts about seven different children
who lived in the White House. The National Museum of American History and The History Channel developed these lessons based upon the exhibition, The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden. The lesson plans, which include several primary sources, are presented as PDF files and can easily be downloaded and printed out for use in your classroom. Topics include: campaigning, inaugurations, presidential roles, life in the White House, and assasinations and mourning. After learning about how presidents use opinion polls, students
can register their opinions on important issues and see their answers
compared with the results of all others who've participated the
poll. Ten questions, based upon the time line navigation tool, challenge
students to use their previous knowledge and to learn more about
the presidency. The National Museum of American History and The History Channel developed these lessons based upon the exhibition, The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden. The lesson plans, which include several primary sources, are presented as PDF files and can easily be downloaded and printed out for use in your classroom. Topics include: campaigning,
presidential roles, life in the White House, assasinations and mourning,
and the media.
This activity features a page from President Harry S. Truman's
daily agenda to challenge students to learn about the seven different
roles a president must assume to do his job successfully--Commander
in Chief, National Leader, Chief Executive, Manager of the Economy,
Chief Diplomat, Party Leader, and Ceremonial Head of State. This visitor opinion poll is based upon the National Museum of
American History's exhibition, The American Presidency: A Glorious
Burden. These questions can be answered on the site by students
or used in class for debate or discussion. The National Museum of American History and The History Channel
developed these lessons based upon the exhibition, The American
Presidency: A Glorious Burden.
The lesson plans, which include several primary sources, are presented
as PDF files and can easily be downloaded and printed out for use
in your classroom.
Topics include: campaigning, presidential roles, limits of presidential power, assasinations and mourning, and the media. |
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