TCM9189-Primary Sources: American Presidents

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods.

Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Plus, each kit meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents and this series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.

Photographs: Four presidents on Mount Rushmore, Marble statue at the Lincoln Memorial, Secret Service agents protecting the president, Image of the Paris Peace Conference and the signature page of the Treaty of Versailles, United States soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, Children during the Bonus March criticizing President Hoover's policies.

Primary Sources: Entries for the competition to design the Presidents House, Franklin Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech, Newspaper from March 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement, Political cartoon about Sandra Day O'Connor's Supreme Court appointment, Poster featuring President Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khruschev playing the game of Bluff, Map showing the Louisiana Purchase, Ticket for the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, Poster showing the people involved in the Watergate Scandal.

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