Presidents Day Teaching Resources
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in to culturally-familiar stories. [...] »
This website by the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery will help students analyze artistic works. [...] »
An interactive exploration of the decisions Abraham Lincoln had to make during his presidency. [...] »
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by having students roleplay critics of the New Deal. [...] »
To indict or not to indict? Watergate raised complicated questions concerning Constitutional interpretation. [...] »
Two styles of document reading demonstrate what successful readers do to formulate a context for documents. [...] »
An 8th-grade teacher gets to the big picture via a specific historical case. [...] »
This 8th-grade teacher shows how you can make primary and secondary source documents central to your lessons. [...] »
Elementary students investigate the first presidential assassination and debate whether it was avoidable. [...] »
This lesson leads students to see how Lincoln's life in Springfield influenced important national issues. [...] »
