Early Presidential Presidents Agenda 1. Students will rotate through four stations today in the media center 2. Each student should do their own work using only the assigned websites 3. Each station is designed to take about 20 minutes per station, if you need more time you may work on it at home, please do not move ahead to another station when you finish each one until it is time to rotate 4. Follow all steps in the order they are assigned per station and keep all of your notes 5. If you lose any of the papers you may print your own copy (listed below) 6. Enjoy the learning and soak in as much as you can
Station 1: George Washington
1. Watch the video from biography.com 2. Read the website from whitehouse.gov 3. Read the website from mountvernon.org 4. George Washington Worksheet
Station 2: John Adams
1. Watch the video from biography.com 2. Read the website from whitehouse.gov 3. Read the website from notablebiographies.com 4. John Adams Worksheet
Station 3: Thomas Jefferson
1. Watch the video from biography.com 2. Read the website from whitehouse.gov 3. Read the website from monticello.org 4. Thomas Jefferson Worksheet
Station 4: James Madison
1. Watch the video from biography.com 2. Read the website from whitehouse.gov 3. Read the website from notablebiographies.com 4. James Madison worksheet
Culminating Activity
After researching the four early US Presidents listed above, the students will then assume the identity of each president and post fake educational response tweets to an original question posed by the teachers. You will not be online at any point for this activity and do not need a real twitter account, all products will be done on paper. Our amazing media center specialists will walk you through this fun activity - have fun, but learn along the way!!!
Additional Learning: Click the pictures below to learn a little more!!!
Citations
1. George Washington - https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/george-washington/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvE9fb--Dig - https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/
2. John Adams - https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-adams/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_JI62qf4jQ - https://www.notablebiographies.com/A-An/Adams-John.html
3. Thomas Jefferson -https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/thomas-jefferson/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAt1YLP3T34 -https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/thomas-jefferson-brief-biography
4. James Madison - https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-madison/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwsVSW8h4v4 - https://www.notablebiographies.com/Lo-Ma/Madison-James.html