What Presidents are Made Of by Hanoch Piven Lexile: 35 3 Points Seventeen U.S. presidents are depicted in anecdotes and portraits created out of found objects. | Activity Recommendation: Share the president´s oath to your class. Have students use a dictionary to "translate" the oath into kid language and create a seal that represents the oath. Show the presidential seal, explaining that it is a symbol of the president´s promise and responsibility. Have students compare the official seal to the one they created. (Research, Art) |
So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George Lexile: 730 Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents. | Activity Recommendation: Invite students to complete that sentence by telling what they would do if they were elected president of the United States. (Writing) |
Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio Lexile: 2 1 Point When Grace's teacher reveals that the United States has never had a female president, Grace decides to be the first. | Activity Recommendation: Print Facts 4 Me pages for each president and have the class create a graph of the presidents' ages at the time of their inauguration. (Math, Research) |