Pick a President George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama
A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits March-December 1999

Presidents Teacher Guide: Building Blocks of the Nation Student name:__________________________________________ The complete name of the president: ______________________________ Date due: ________________________ To complete this project, you will need six sides to form a cube. Do not lose the pattern attached. You will need to make six sides out of cardboard or heavy paper. The following is a list of what will be put on each side of the cube. Remember to be neat, colorful and creative. Side 1- Drawing or tracing of your president. (In color) Side 2- Picture or drawing of his accomplishment while in office. (In color) Side 3- Basic Facts: Examples- when and where the president was born, schooling, what were their early influences, what was their childhood like, what made them decide to run for President of the United States, etc. Include source used. (Bibliographic information). Side 4- Describe the "White House Years," i.e. " the major accomplishments of your President, good or bad. Side 5- The campaign trail- explain the political campaign of your president. Include the candidates of both parties, vice-presidents, major issues discussed by both candidates. What was the margin of the win? Side 6- If you were rewriting history, would you have your president win the election or not based on the information you discovered. Give at least 3 examples to support your case for or against your president.

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