With George W. Bush now installed as the nations 43rd chief executive, the Innovative Teaching Newsletter takes a fresh look at online resources on Presidents of the United States this week. You can see the 1999 edition of this topic at http://www.egroups.com/message/innovative-teaching/212. As we publish this edition, I am preparing to launch the third year of the Presidents' Project, in which students from all grade levels are invited to research and publish original pages on our Presidents. Registration opens tomorrow and the project begins on Lincoln's birthday, February 12th. You can read about the project, see past efforts and register your students at http://surfaquarium.com/prezproj.htm.

This week's collection covers pages that offer an overview of all of our Presidents. There are also pages on each individual. Unfortunately, the Bush administration has (at least) temporarily taken down the White House presidential gallery. Also, the Internet Public Library's excellent POTUS series is down at the moment, but I'm hoping that it is only temporarily inaccessible due to maintenance. Thanks to Jerry Blumengarten for his recommendations on this broad topic!

Fascinating Collections

• The American Presidency - http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/
  Grolier presents this "Hall of the Presidents" with a typical encyclopedia format, pics and good basic information.
• American Presidents: Life Portraits - http://www.americanpresidents.org/
  C-SPAN presents this nicely done survey of each of our chief executives, complete with official portraits.
• The Artful Presidency - http://www.archivesofamericanart.si.edu/exhibits/presidents/presidents.htm
  Here's a nicely done collection of art work concerning the presidents from Washington to Carter.
• By Popular Demand - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html
  The Library of Congress presents this fully searchable collection of portraits of Presidents and First Ladies.
• Hypertext on American History - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm
  This site is especially handy for locating official speeches, documents and presidential libraries.
• Lists of US Presidents - http://www.fujisan.demon.co.uk/USPresidents/preslist.htm
  Allows you to sort through the Presidents for unique characteristics, such as left-handedness, number of children, and length of Inaugural speech.
• Presidential Trivia - http://www.quia.com/mc/156.html
  Quia! offers this trivia game in which students match Presidents to noteworthy facts - a new game every time!
• Presidents with Royal Ancestry - http://hometown.aol.com/dwidad/chap15.html
  Did you realize 17 of our Presidents have a royal lineage - and they're not all from the 18th century either!
• Time and the Presidency- http://www.pathfinder.com/offers/presidents/
  Time magazine offers this slick presentation of each President from FDR through Bill Clinton. There's also a presidential quiz and a virtual exhibit.
• Tokens and Treasures- http://www.nara.gov/exhall/treasures/giftmain.html
  The National Archives presents this historic collection of Presidential memorabilia from Herbert Hoover through Bill Clinton.

The Presidents

• Adams, John - 2nd president http://odur.let.rug.nl/~USA/P/ja2/about/bio/adamsxx.htm
• Adams, John Quincy - 6th president http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/06padam.html
• Arthur, Chester A. - 21st president http://library.thinkquest.org/12587/contents/personalities/carthur/caa.html
• Buchanan, James - 15th president http://www.aasdcat.com/rjhs/buchanan/ , http://www.pottsville.com/op/buchanan/ and http://www.pmsd.k12.pa.us/wheatland/home.html
• Bush, George - 41st president http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/bus0int-1
• Bush, George W. - 43rd president http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/0,6709,94581,00.html
• Carter, James E.- 39th president http://www.interlink-cafe.com/uspresidents/39th.htm
• Cleveland, Grover - 22nd/24th president http://www.csnet.net/coalition/GC/cleveland.htm
• Clinton, William J.- 42nd president http://members.nbci.com/triptohope/
• Coolidge, Calvin - 30th president http://library.thinkquest.org/12587/contents/personalities/ccoolidge/cc.html
• Eisenhower, Dwight D. - 34th president http://www.usd435.k12.ks.us/Garfield/Nuss/dde.htm
• Fillmore, Millard - 13th president http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/BIOS/13pfillm.html
• Ford, Gerald R. - 38th president http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/ford/ford.html
• Garfield, James A. - 20th president http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/ARTICLES/0050/00718336_A.html
• Grant, Ulysses S. - 18th president http://www.pmsd.k12.pa.us/schools/conestoga/USGrant/USGrant.html
• Harding, Warren G. - 29th president http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/BIOS/29phard.html
• Harrison, Benjamin - 23rd president http://www.angelfire.com/va/jmadison/bharrison/index.html
• Harrison, William Henry - 9th president http://www.cr.k12.ia.us/Harr/William.html
• Hayes, Rutherford B. - 19th president http://www.rbhayes.org/rbhbio.htm and http://elections.harpweek.com/controversy.htm
• Hoover, Herbert - 31st president http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/Hoover/hh.html
• Jackson, Andrew - 7th president http://www.angelfire.com/tn/andrewjackson/index.html
• Jefferson, Thomas - 3rd president http://surfaquarium.com/tj.htm
• Johnson, Andrew - 17th president http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/sullivan/sullms/johnson.htm
• Johnson, Lyndon B. - 36th president http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/
• Kennedy, John F. - 35th president http://www.mohonasen.org/grade5/k_coelho/JFK/JFKdef.htm and http://www.humble.k12.tx.us/campus_1/jfe/jfk/index.htm
• Lincoln, Abraham - 16th president http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html and http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/
• Madison, James - 4th president http://www.angelfire.com/VA/jmadison/jmadison/index.html
• McKinley, William - 25th president http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/BIOS/29phard.html
• Monroe, James - 5th president http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/BIOS/05pmonr.html
• Nixon, Richard M. - 37th president http://americanhistory.si.edu/maroon/
• Pierce, Franklin - 14th president http://members.aol.com/icecold966/Pierce.html
• Polk, James - 11th president http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4polk.htm
• Reagan, Ronald - 40th president http://www.bves.nvusd.k12.ca.us/projects/reagan/Reagan_page.htm
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. - 32nd president http://www.mohonasen.org/grade5/p_rushby/FDR/FDRdef.htm
• Roosevelt, Theodore - 26th president http://www.geocities.com/mrschubb3/index.html
• Taft, William Howard - 27th president http://www.americanpresident.org/KoTrain/Courses/WHT/WHT_Web_Resources.htm
• Taylor, Zachary - 12th president http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/BIOS/12ptayl.html
• Truman, Harry S. - 33rd president http://www.whistlestop.org/
• Tyler, John - 10th president http://www.americanpresident.org/KoTrain/Courses/JT/JT_Web_Resources.htm
• Van Buren, Martin - 8th president http://members.aol.com/icecold966/MVB.html
• Washington, George - 1st president http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/FlorisES/sixth/presidents/Index.html
• Wilson, Woodrow - 28th president http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2391/
  

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