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American Presidents

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Books

1. Hoover, Herbert Biography (Hoover Library) 2-01
2. Jefferson, Thomas - Autobiography (Bibliomania)

Lesson Plans

1. Perfect President (PBS - Teacher Source)
   Provides a lesson for students to help them become clearer about qualifications for president of the United States. 2-01
2. Presidential Election Lesson Plans (bigchalk.com)
   Provides lessons by grade level to help students have a better grasp of the election process. 11-00
3. Presidents - Inauguration of the Presidents (PBS)
   Extends to the current inauguration.

Lists

1. American Presidents (Matlick)
   Provides biographies, quotes, data, and reference materials related to each U.S. President, as well as the institution of the presidency itself. One of the most comprehensive sources of information on the American President. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers
2. Bush, George - Library
3. Carter, Jimmy - Library (NARA)
   Provides historical information related to the thirty-ninth (39th) President of the United States, James Earl (Jimmy) Carter, Jr. 9-00
4. Eisenhower, Dwight D - Library
5. First Ladies of Presidents (UNC)
6. Ford, Gerald R. (Gerald R. Ford Library)
   Provides biographical infomation on Gerald Ford, former President of the United States.
7. Grant, Ulysses - Home Page (Scott)
8. Grant, Ulysses - Network (Kelsey)
9. Harrison, William Henry (Patria Press)
   Provides sources of information and pictures related to President William Henry Harrison. 11-00
10. Johnson, Lyndon B - Library
11. Kennedy, John F - Presidential Library
12. Nixon, Richard M - Library
13. Presidents and First Ladies (UNC)
    Provides information on the presidents of the United States. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00
14. Presidents of the United States (Bellingham Public Schools)
    Provides 8 resources.
    
15. Reagan, Ronald Wilson - Library (POTUS - Summers)
    Provides historical information related to the fortieth (40th) President of the United States. 9-00
16. Roosevelt, Franklin D - Presidential Library
17. Truman, Harry S - Library

Materials

1. Lincoln, Abraham Games (Quia - Payton)
   Provides games, such as matching words, related to Abraham Lincoln.
2. Portraits of American Presidents (History Place)
   Provides pictures of the American Presidents, in the order they served.
3. Washington, George (Monument)

Multimedia

1. Presidents of the United States - Sound Samples (Michigan State University Libraries)
   Provides sound files of past U.S. presidents. 11-01

News

1. Pardon Power of the President (Jurist)
   Provides the basis in the U.S. Constitution for a president's power to grant pardons. 3-01
2. Pardons by Presidents (Jurist)
   Provides the number of pardons given by each U.S. president. 3-01

Papers

1. -Presidents of the United States (POTUS - Summers)
   Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding each President of the United States of America (USA). The American Presidents include first (1st) George Washington, second (2nd) John Adams, third (3rd) Thomas Jefferson, fourth (4th) James Madison, fifth (5th) James Monroe, sixth (6th) John Quincy Adams, seventh (7th) Andrew Jackson, eighth (8th) Martin Van Buren, ninth (9th) William Henry Harrison, tenth (10th) John Tyler, eleventh (11th) James Knox Polk, twelfth (12th) Zachary Taylor, thirteenth (13th) Millard Fillmore, fourteenth (14th) Franklin Pierce, fifteenth (15th) James Buchanan, sixteenth (16th) Abraham Lincoln, seventeenth (17th) Andrew Johnson, eighteenth (18th) Ulysses Simpson Grant, nineteenth (19th) Rutherford Birchard Hayes, twentieth (20th) James Abram Garfield, twenty-first (21st) Chester Alan Arthur, twentty-second (22nd) Grover Cleveland, twenty-third (23rd) Benjamin Harrison, twenty-fourth (24th) Grover Cleveland, twenty-fifth (25th) William McKinley, twenty-sixth (26th) Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-seventh (27th) William Howard Taft, twenty-eighth (28th) Woodrow Wilson, twenty-ninth (29th) Warren Gamaliel Harding, thirtieth (30th) Calvin Coolidge, thirty-first (31st) Herbert Clark Hoover, thirty-second (32nd) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty-third (33rd) Harry S. Truman, thirty-fourth (34th) Dwight David Eisenhower, thirty-fifth (35th) John Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-sixth (36th) Lyndon Baines Johnson, thirty-seventh (37th) Richard Milhous Nixon, thirty-eighth (38th) Gerald Rudolph Ford, thirty-ninth (39th) James Earl Carter, Jr., fortieth (40th) Ronald Wilson Reagan, forty-first (41st) George Herbert Walker Bush, forty-second (42nd) William Jefferson Clinton, George Walker Bush (43rd). 1-01
2. -Presidents of the United States (PresidentS)
   Provides information on the presidents of the United States. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00
3. -Presidents of the United States (Yahoo)
   Provides biographies and other information on Presidents.
4. Adams, John (POTUS)
   Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President John Adams.
5. Adams, John Quincy (POTUS)
   Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President John Quincy Adams.
6. Arthur, Chester Alan (POTUS)
   Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Chester A. Arthur.
7. Buchanan, James (POTUS)
   Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President James Buchanan.
8. Bush Acceptance Speech (CNN - George W. Bush)
   Provides president-elect George W. Bush's acceptance speech for president of the United States. 12-00
9. Bush Interview (Time.com - Isaacson and Kelly)
   Provides an interview with George W. Bush to better understand his style of leadership and his priorities for the nation. 12-00
10. Bush, George Herbert Walker (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President George Bush.
11. Bush, George W. (Encyclopedia.com)
    Provides a short biography of the 43rd President of the United States, including his actions as President. 5-02
12. Bush, George W. (Republican National Committee)
    Provides information on President Bush's positions and achievements. 2-01
13. Bush, George W. - Biography (DiscoverySchool.com)
    Provides a complete biography. 3-01
14. Bush, George Walker (POTUS)
    Provides facts and biographical articles. 1-01
15. Bush, George Walker (Washington Post)
    Presents a biography in the form of a photo gallery.
16. Bush, Laura Welch (White House)
    Provides a short biography of the First Lady for the 43rd President of the United States. 12-01
17. Carter, James Earl, Jr. (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Jimmy Carter.
18. Carter, Jimmy (James Earl) (Biography.com)
    The thirty-ninth (39th) President of the United States and the founder of the Carter Center for conflict resolution. 9-00
19. Chart of Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States (About.com - Kelly)
    Presents, in the order they served, the Presidents, Vice President, and dates of office. Visitors sometimes misspell as vise-president, vice-president, or vise president. 5-01
20. Cleveland, Grover (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Grover Cleveland.
21. Clinton - Accompishments (Whitehouse)
    Presents President Bill Clinton's achievements during his years in office. (Temporarily not functioning during the presidential transition.) 1-01
22. Clinton, Bill - The President's State of the Union Speech, 1999 (Allpolitics)
    Provides the complete State of the Union Speech delivered by William Jefferson Clinton to the joint session of the House and Senate on January 19, 1999. Includes written, audio, and video versions of the speech, as well as written versions of Clinton's State of the Union speeches for 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.
23. Clinton, William Jefferson (CNN)
    Presents a timeline of key events, controversies, and achievements of the Clinton presidency.
24. Clinton, William Jefferson (PBS)
    Provides highlights of President Bill Clinton's eight years of presidency. 1-01
25. Clinton, William Jefferson (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Bill Clinton.
26. Clinton, William Jefferson (Whitehouse)
    Provides a short biography of President Bill Clinton.
27. Close Presidential Elections in the Past (Infoplease.com)
    Provides comparisons of past presidential elections that were close. 11-00
28. Coolidge, Calvin (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Calvin Coolidge.
29. Deadlines for Electoral College (BBC)
    Provides deadlines for selecting a president of the United States. Electoral college members must be selected by December 12, the Electoral College votes on December 18, Congress counts the votes on January 6, and the new president takes office on January 20. If a new president is not decided by January 20, the Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes the acting president. 11-00
30. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (PBS)
    Provides his early career, presidential politics, domestic policy, foreign affairs, days of decision, and legacy.
31. Eisenhower, Dwight David (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
32. Electoral College - How to Resolve a Crisis (CNN)
    Discusses a case of a presidential election crisis regarding the Electoral College. To prevent future crises, "Congress passed the Electoral Count Act in 1887. The law left the task of choosing electors to the states...." 11-00
33. Fillmore, Millard (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Millard Fillmore.
34. First Ladies of the United States (Virtualology)
    Presents, in alphabetical order, a profile for each First Lady of the United States of America (USA). The First Ladies include Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Adams, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Van Buren, Anna Harrison, Letitia Tyler, Julia Tyler, Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, Mary Todd Lincoln, Eliza Johnson, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, Ellen Arthur, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Ida McKinley, Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Ellen Wilson, Edith Wilson, Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth (Bess) Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy, Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalyn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush. 5-01
35. First Ladies of the United States (WETA - ExploreDC.org)
    Presents a profile for each First Lady of the United States of America (USA). The First Ladies include Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Adams, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Van Buren, Anna Harrison, Letitia Tyler, Julia Tyler, Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, Mary Todd Lincoln, Eliza Johnson, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, Ellen Arthur, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Ida McKinley, Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Ellen Wilson, Edith Wilson, Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth (Bess) Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy, Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalyn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush. 5-01
36. Ford, Rudolph Gerald (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Gerald R. Ford.
37. Garfield, James Abram (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President James A. Garfield.
38. Grant, Ulysses Simpson (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Ulysses S. Grant.
39. Harding, Warren Gamaliel (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Warren G. Harding.
40. Harrison, Benjamin (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Benjamin Harrison.
41. Harrison, William Henry (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President William Henry Harrison.
42. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Rutherford B. Hayes.
43. Hoover, Herbert Clark (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Herbert Hoover.
44. Inaugural Addresses of Presidents of the United States (Bartleby)
    Provides the speeches of Presidents as the took office.11-01
45. Jackson, Andrew (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Andrew Jackson.
46. Jefferson, Thomas (PBS - Burns)
    Provides discussions, pictures, and papers relating to Thomas Jefferson.
47. Jefferson, Thomas (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Thomas Jefferson.
48. Johnson, Andrew (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Andrew Johnson.
49. Johnson, Lady Bird (Claudia Taylor) (White House)
    Provides a short biography of the First Lady for the 37th President of the United States. 12-01
50. Johnson, Lyndon Baines (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Lyndon B. Johnson.
51. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
52. Lincoln - An Achiever
    Speaks for itself.
53. Lincoln, Abraham (Excellent Drawing from the Kansas Collection)
54. Lincoln, Abraham (IPL - POTUS - Summers)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding Lincoln.
55. Lincoln, Abraham - Biography and Stories (Norton)
    Provides a somewhat comprehensive history of Lincoln, including details from original sources. Norton conducts research on the life of Lincoln as a regular activity and conducts some research on request from Web visitors.
56. Lincoln, Abraham - Genealogy (Thomsett)
    Provides genealogical information on Abraham Lincoln going back to 1556 AD.
57. Lincoln, Abraham - Speeches and Writings (Abraham Lincoln Online) 2-01
58. Madison, James (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President James Madison.
59. McKinley, William (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President William McKinley.
60. Monroe, James (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President James Monroe.
61. Nixon, Richard Milhous (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Richard M. Nixon.
62. Pierce, Franklin (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Franklin Pierce.
63. Polk, James Knox (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President James Knox Polk.
64. President and First Lady (About.com - Schwalbe)
    Provides a list of presidents and first ladies. Also includes birthdates and dates of death. 2-01
65. President of the United States (WETA - ExploreDC.org)
    Presents profiles of each of President of the United States of America (USA). The American Presidents include first (1st) George Washington, second (2nd) John Adams, third (3rd) Thomas Jefferson, fourth (4th) James Madison, fifth (5th) James Monroe, sixth (6th) John Quincy Adams, seventh (7th) Andrew Jackson, eighth (8th) Martin Van Buren, ninth (9th) William Henry Harrison, tenth (10th) John Tyler, eleventh (11th) James Knox Polk, twelfth (12th) Zachary Taylor, thirteenth (13th) Millard Fillmore, fourteenth (14th) Franklin Pierce, fifteenth (15th) James Buchanan, sixteenth (16th) Abraham Lincoln, seventeenth (17th) Andrew Johnson, eighteenth (18th) Ulysses Simpson Grant, nineteenth (19th) Rutherford Birchard Hayes, twentieth (20th) James Abram Garfield, twenty-first (21st) Chester Alan Arthur, twentty-second (22nd) Grover Cleveland, twenty-third (23rd) Benjamin Harrison, twenty-fourth (24th) Grover Cleveland, twenty-fifth (25th) William McKinley, twenty-sixth (26th) Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-seventh (27th) William Howard Taft, twenty-eighth (28th) Woodrow Wilson, twenty-ninth (29th) Warren Gamaliel Harding, thirtieth (30th) Calvin Coolidge, thirty-first (31st) Herbert Clark Hoover, thirty-second (32nd) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty-third (33rd) Harry S. Truman, thirty-fourth (34th) Dwight David Eisenhower, thirty-fifth (35th) John Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-sixth (36th) Lyndon Baines Johnson, thirty-seventh (37th) Richard Milhous Nixon, thirty-eighth (38th) Gerald Rudolph Ford, thirty-ninth (39th) James Earl Carter, Jr., fortieth (40th) Ronald Wilson Reagan, forty-first (41st) George Herbert Walker Bush, forty-second (42nd) William Jefferson Clinton, George Walker Bush (43rd). 5-01
66. Presidents - Historic Moments of the Presidents (White House for Kids)
    Provides key contributions of Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Wilson, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton. 1-01
67. Presidents of the United States (White House)
    Provides information on the presidents of the United States. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 1-01
68. Presidents of the United States - Biographies (DiscoverySchool.com)
    Provides comprehensive biographies. 3-01
69. Presidents of the United States - Signatures (Cunnigham)
    Provides signatures of most U.S. Presidents.
70. Reagan, Ronald (CNN)
    Provides broad coverage of the Reagan presidency. 2-01
71. Reagan, Ronald Wilson (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Ronald Reagan.
72. Roosevelt, Franklin D - Biographical Information
73. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (PBS)
    Provides his early career, presidential politics, domestic policy, foreign affairs, days of decision, and legacy.
74. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
75. Roosevelt, Theodore (Excellent Drawing from the Kansas Collection)
76. Roosevelt, Theodore (PBS)
    Provides his early career, presidential politics, domestic policy, foreign affairs, days of decision, and legacy.
77. Roosevelt, Theodore (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Theodore Roosevelt.
78. Roosevelt, Theodore - Papers (Library of Congress) 10-00
79. Taft, William Howard (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President William Howard Taft.
80. Taylor, Zachory (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Zachory Taylor.
81. Truman, Harry S. (PBS)
    Provides his early career, presidential politics, domestic policy, foreign affairs, days of decision, and legacy.
82. Truman, Harry S. (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Harry S. Truman. (What does the "S." in Harry S. Truman stand for?)
83. Tyler, John (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President John Tyler.
84. Van Buren, Martin (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Martin Van Buren.
85. Vice Presidents of the United States (United States Senate)
    Presents, in the order they served, a profile for each Vice President of the United States of America (USA). The Vice Presidents include John Adams, Spiro T. Agnew, Chester A. Arthur, Alben W. Barkley, John C. Breckinridge, Aaron Burr, George H. W. Bush, John Calhoun, Richard B. Cheney, George Clinton, Schuyler Colfax, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Curtis, George M. Dallas, Charles Dawes, Charles Fairbanks, Millard Fillmore, Gerald Ford, John N. Garner, Elbridge Gerry, Albert Gore, Jr., Hannibal Hamlin, Thomas A. Hendricks, Garret A. Hobart, Hubert H. Humphrey, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Johnson, William R. King, Thomas R. Marshall, Walter Mondale, Levi P. Morton, Richard M. Nixon, Dan Quayle, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, James S. Sherman, Adlai E. Stevenson, Daniel D. Tompkins, Harry S. Truman, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Henry A. Wallace, William Wheeler, and Henry Wilson. Visitors sometimes misspell as vise-president, vice-president, or vise president. 5-01
86. Vice Presidents of the United States (Virtualology)
    Presents, in alphabetical order, a profile for each Vice President of the United States of America (USA). The Vice Presidents include John Adams, Spiro T. Agnew, Chester A. Arthur, Alben W. Barkley, John C. Breckinridge, Aaron Burr, George H. W. Bush, John Calhoun, Richard B. Cheney, George Clinton, Schuyler Colfax, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Curtis, George M. Dallas, Charles Dawes, Charles Fairbanks, Millard Fillmore, Gerald Ford, John N. Garner, Elbridge Gerry, Albert Gore, Jr., Hannibal Hamlin, Thomas A. Hendricks, Garret A. Hobart, Hubert H. Humphrey, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Johnson, William R. King, Thomas R. Marshall, Walter Mondale, Levi P. Morton, Richard M. Nixon, Dan Quayle, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, James S. Sherman, Adlai E. Stevenson, Daniel D. Tompkins, Harry S. Truman, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Henry A. Wallace, William Wheeler, and Henry Wilson. Visitors sometimes misspell as vise-president, vice-president, or vise president. 5-01
87. Washington, George (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President George Washington.
88. Washington, George - Biography (Library of Congress)
    Provides a biography of George Washington, including pictures.
89. Washington, George - Papers (Library of Congress) 10-00
90. Washington, George - The Real Face (Early America)
    "George Washington's life mask was made in 1785 by French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon when Washington was fifty-three. In commenting to a friend, Houdon said he had no idea of 'the majesty and grandeur of Washington's form and features' until he studied him as a subject."
91. Wilson, Woodrow (POTUS)
    Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President Wilson, Woodrow.

Projects

1. Drills - Presidents of the United States (Infobahn Xpress)
   Provides interactive drills or exams.

Worksheets

1. History Reproducibles (ILoveThatTeachingIdea.com)
   Provides reproducibles for American history and American Presidents, for grades K-6. 2-02