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PBS American Experience: The Presidents

Grade Range: 4-12
Resource Type(s): Web Link
Date Posted: 10/7/2008

This website, related to the award-winning broadcasts of Presidential biographies, provides a wealth of excellent material related to Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan and George H. W. bush. Students can view individual chapters from each documentary and listen to podcasts that discuss the presidency in depth. Teacher’s materials related to the documentary films are also available.

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Keywords

United States Government, political science, Truman, Harry, presidency, executive branch, Bush, George W., civics, Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, politics, government, history, president, US history, chief executive, executive, Nixon, Richard, United States history, presidential, American history, FDR

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