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)
11: John Quincy Adams (1767)
14: Gerald Ford (1913)
August
4: Barack Obama (1961)
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)
Presidential and United States Trivia Games Instant Downloads
/ eBooks
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/Cookie Cup
In a small cup, have each child crush part of a graham cracker or
cookie. 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.
