American Presidents: Life Portraits


A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits March-December 1999

American Presidents: Life Portraits Exhibit
8-12 Grade Student Activity

John Adams

Meet the 2nd president!
How did John Adams begin his career?

Look closer!
Look at the portrait of John Adams, surrounded by books. What could be some of the subjects of those books be? What type of book would you hold in a portrait depicting your life?

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