January 7: Millard Fillmore (1800)
9: Richard Nixon (1913)
29: William McKinley (1843)
30: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
February
6: Ronald Reagan (1911)
9: William Harrison (1773)
12: Abraham Lincoln (1809)
22: George Washington (1732)
March
15: Andrew Jackson (1767)
18: Grover Cleveland (1837)
16: James Madison (1751)
29: John Tyler (1790)
April
13: Thomas Jefferson (1743)
23: James Buchanan (1791)
27: Ulysses Grant (1822)
28: James Monroe (1758)
May
8: Harry Truman (1884)
29: John F. Kennedy (1917)
June
12: George H. Bush (1924)
July
4: Calvin Coolidge (1872)
6: George W. Bush (1946)
Current President
11: John Quincy Adams (1767)
14: Gerald Ford (1913)
August
10: Herbert Hoover (1874)
20: Benjamin Harrison (1833)
27: Lyndon B. Johnson (1908)
September
15: William Taft (1857)
October
1: Jimmy Carter (1924)
4: Rutherford Hayes (1822)
5: Chester Arthur (1830)
14: Dwight Eisenhower (1890)
27: Theodore Roosevelt (1858)
30: John Adams (1735)
November
2: James Polk (1795)
2: Warren Harding (1865)
19: James Garfield (1831)
23: Franklin Pierce (1804)
24: Zachary Taylor (1784)
December
5: Martin Van Buren (1782)
28: Woodrow Wilson (1856)
29: Andrew Johnson (1808)
Books & eBooks U.S. History Word
(Re)Searches: From Colonial Times to the Present
Grades 5 & up
eBook and Book format
available from TCR (Teacher Created Resources)
My Review: This book has lots of great searches in it. We have it
and I
recommend it for homeschoolers, teachers, and parents.
Presidents' Day President's Day is celebrated this year (2003) on February 17th.
It is a holiday celebrated in the United States that is between
Abraham Lincoln and George Washington birthdays.
Write and illustrate about Abraham Lincoln or George Washington.
Presidents'
Day
Art, Math, & Physical Education
Art Presidents Silhouette's (Washington, Lincoln, etc.)
You can do Washington and Lincoln Silhouette's on their birthday or on
President's Day on the same piece of paper. You can do the other
two presidents on their birthdays or do them on President's Day.
Use a piece of black construction paper. Place a coin
underneath, and hold it (or tape it down for younger children).
With a white crayon, rub each president(s) as many times as you want.
(Make sure you get the entire coin.)
Math & Art President's Day Coin Rubbing Math Activity (Washington, Lincoln,
etc.)
Place a coin underneath your paper (heads up). Hold the coin (or
tape it down for younger children). With a crayon, rub each
president(s) as many times as you want. (Make sure you get the
entire coin.)
On the bottom of the paper, draw a line. Count your coin
rubbings
(money) together. Write the total amount of money on the line.
Math & Physical Education President's Day Coin Toss Activity
Toss a coin into a box, empty egg carton, on the
floor, etc. (You can use a penny, nickel, dime,
or quarter-depending on which president you are talking about.)
On a piece of paper, keep tally of how many times it
lands heads or tails. Graph the results on paper.
Math
Counting Money Activity
Practice counting money using different coins and dollar bills.
Coin Sort
Sort and stack coins in the correct pile (pennies, quarters, etc).
Count the piles.
George Washington was the 1st president of the United States.
He was born on February 22, 1732. Go to Just the
Arti-FACTS - George Washington (including paintings and other
images) and The Life
of George Washington to learn more about Washington. It isn't
know what George Washington's favorite food was but there is a
Cranberry Pudding recipe at George Washington and Food.
His
picture
is
on
the
quarter.
It
is
known
that
George
Washington
cut
down
a
cherry
tree
but
that story isn't true. He loved trees.
To read more about this, go to George Washington -- First
Farmer.
The Liberty
Bell was last rung on February 23, 1846 for George Washington's
birthday celebration.
Tell some information about the George Washington and the cherry
tree by
going to: George
Washington -- First Farmer. You can use one of these recipes or eat
cherries on his birthday or President's Day.
President's Day Cherry Graham Cracker Cup
In a small cup, have each child crush part of a graham cracker.
Top with vanilla or chocolate pudding and cherry pie filling.
Activity & Snack
Put some frosting on a graham cracker (or a small piece of cardboard).
Place some frosting on each stick pretzel and build you log
cabin. After you are done, you can eat it.
Game
Take a lot of stick pretzels. Try to build a log cabin without
letting any of the logs (pretzels) fall. You can time to see how
long it takes to build a house. Eat the pretzel when you are done
(make sure to wash your hands before you build the log cabin).
Science A penny gets dirty because copper reacts with oxygen (which in
the air).
Clean a Dirty Penny
Ages: Preschool and Older
Materials Needed:
Dirty (brown) pennies
Different solutions: Condiments (ketchup, mustard, pickle juice,
vinegar); soda pop, different fruit juices (lemon, orange, apple,
etc.); water; salt, baking soda
(For older children through adult: You can use other solutions that
younger children should not use.)
Mixing instrument: spoon, chop stick, etc.
Small paper plates, bowls, or other containers
Paper towels
Place different solutions on a plate or in a bowl (for liquid
solutions). Label the plate or bowl (each solution).
Predict which one will clean better. Experiment with each
substance by placing
the penny into the substance. Mix it and let it set for awhile if
needed. Wash off the penny. Dry the penny off with a paper towel.
Repeat for each solution, if desired.
Try mixing some solutions together.
1. Place some vinegar into a bowl. Place a dirty penny into
the bowl. Does it change? Add some salt. Mix.
Rinse off. Dry with a paper towel.
2. Place some water into a bowl. Place a dirty penny into
the bowl. Does it change? Add some baking soda to it.
Mix. Rinse off. Dry with a paper towel.
During the science experiment, answer the following questions (Record
on a piece of paper):
1. What happened to the penny (Did it become shiny or stay dull)?
2. Which solution cleaned the penny best?
3. For older children through adult, Why did this happen?
Printables AbeUSA16 Including School
Information & Materials (puzzle word search, words of wisdom form
Abe and historical tales from Lincoln's past, The Gettysburg Address,
etc.).
Thomas Jefferson was born
on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia. He was the third
president of the United States. He wrote the Declaration of
Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom.
He died July 4, 2826, in Monticello. His picture is on the
nickel. One food he
introduced to the United States was macaroni. He invented the
Mold-Board
Plow. (You can see a drawing at Examples
of
Jeffersonian
Mathematics.)
Go to Brief
Biography
of
Thomas
Jefferson to read more about him.
Geography: Locate Virginia on the United States of America map. Find
Shadwell and Monticello.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was
born on January 30, 1882. He was the 32nd President of the United
States. His picture is on the dime. His favorite foods
were: scrambled eggs, fish chowder, grilled cheese sandwiches, hot
dogs, and fruitcake. Eat any of these foods to celebrate his
birthday.
