Grade Range: K-4Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Primary SourceDate Posted: 6/10/2008
What would you say if you wrote a letter to the President? In this activity, students will analyze primary source letters that were written to Presidents by children and answer questions based on what they have read. This activity provides a unique look at the Presidency as part of the online exhibition The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden.
Museum education, Simulations and games
At six feet four inches tall, Lincoln towered over most of his contemporaries. He chose to stand ...
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In this true story, young Grace Bedell writes to Abraham Lincoln and asks him to grow a beard so ...
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