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Presidents Day

Presidents Day Lessons and Teacher Resources

Lesson Plans | Additional Resources

Introduction:

Washington’s Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is also commonly known as Presidents Day (or Presidents’ Day)…. Some schools, which used to close for a single day for both Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthday, now often close for the entire week (beginning with the Monday holiday) as a “mid-winter recess”…. The federal holiday, Washington’s Birthday, honors the accomplishments of the man who has been referred to for over two centuries as “The Father of his Country”. Celebrated for his leadership in the founding of the nation, he was the Electoral College’s unanimous choice to become the first President; he was seen as a unifying force for the new republic and set an example for future holders of the office. – Wikipedia.com

Lesson Plans:

• Important areas in Abraham Lincoln’s life are pinpointed on a map in this lesson (K-1)
• Three branches of American government and three Texas presidents are the topic of this well-developed democracy lesson (4)
• Students write letters to the president here as historic characters (4-5)
• This lesson plan is called “Congress in the Classroom” (4-6)
• “Class President” teaches vetoes and other powers of the Executive Branch (4-6)
• “A Walk Through History” is a great President’s Day activity (4-6)
• Here’s a great, in-depth lesson plan on the Civil War including Abraham Lincoln (5)

• Students can learn about the presidents with this great technology lesson (5-8)
• Here students deliver persuasive speeches as presidential candidates (6-8)
• Students create a Photo Story 3 biography of Abraham Lincoln here focusing on the Civil War years (8)
• The U.S. Constitution, Executive Branch, and presidential power are the subjects of this lesson (9-12)
• This is a well-developed lesson plan on many presidents’ foreign policy in the 1970s and at the turn of the new millennium (9-12)
• Visual learners gain understanding of the contributions of FDR and Churchill to World War II’s conclusion here with the help of modern day technology (9-12)
• This George “W” Bush movie writing assignment taps issues of the presidency, invasion of privacy, international relations, etc. (10-12)
• This is a model for a persuasive essay based on press conference question asked of President Obama (11-12)
• Not many here yet. If you have any Presidents Day lesson plans to share, please add them to our site!

Additional Resources:

• Here are the official White House biographies of the presidents of the United States
• This is a great Presidents Day webquest
• This Presidents Day unit for K-3 includes a virtual museum and a primary literature list
• Students enter a 3-D animated Mount Vernon and join George Washington on a treasure hunt through the estate at “Washington’s World for Kids.”
• These are George Washington lesson plans for middle schoolers
• This is a complete grade 8-12 unit on George Washington from the Library of Congress
• Here are Abraham Lincoln online activities from the Library of Congress
• This is an interactive Lincoln quiz and timeline made by different first grade classes
• This is an EFL/ESL English unit on Barack Obama and also a civics lesson
• Here are fun facts about the presidents and a lesson plan idea for using them
• More downloadable fun facts from the National Park Service can be found here
• Here are Presidents Day games and a true/false quiz
• Find printable Presidents Day worksheets, coloring pages, and reading comprehensions at edHelper.com
• Printable president masks are available here