American Government Resources

I have compiled a list of American Government sites and resources to share with you today. Even if you don't have kids, some of the information and quizzes can be quite interesting.

Sites for information on each president:

http://www.americanpresidents.org/

Watch c-span video program for each president: http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/yearschedule.asp

Good portrait pages: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/

Black & White portraits: http://www.historyplace.com/specials/portraits/presidents/index.html

Presidents of the United States: http://www.potus.com/

Good president bio page, includes famous quote and major achievements: http://library.thinkquest.org/11492/index2.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/11492/oval_office/

General Information on the Presidential Office:

Listen to Hail to the Chief in different styles here: http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=10197&external=http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/hailtothechief/index.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090055.shtml&title=Hail%20to%20the%20Chief then create your own style.

Traditional style here: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010434/default.html

Apply for President’s job: http://pbskids.org/democracy/presforaday/index.html

Apply for President’s job: http://pbskids.org/democracy/presforaday/index.html

So you want to be president? by Judith St. George

President’s quiz: http://library.thinkquest.org/11492/cgi-bin/pres_quiz.cgi

Learn the president’s duties: http://library.thinkquest.org/11492/convention/

Online presidential quiz: http://www.surfnetkids.com/quiz/president/

Duck for President by Doreen Cronin

Jobs of the President: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/government/national/president.html

How caucuses work: http://www.howstuffworks.com/question721.htm

How the Electoral college works: http://ap.grolier.com/cgi-bin-unauth/dated_article_news?templatename=/news/news.html&assetid=apn20050223.04&seq=5&assettype=0tdnp

Mt. Rush more blast trivia game: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/game/rushmore_game.html

The President’s cabinet described: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775305.html

Make a list of who sits on the current cabinet. http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html and http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/national/cabinet.html

Read The President’s Cabinet and How it Grew by Nancy Winslow Parker

Find out what the President did this week: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html

Branches of the Government:

How laws are made interactive site: http://clerkkids.house.gov/laws/index.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html

White House and DC:

Virtual tour of the white house: http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/tour/

Worksheet for map of DC: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/dc.shtml

Constitution:

A More Perfect Union DVD and Teacher’s Guide can be purchased here: http://www.xmission.com/~nccs/constitution-week/a-more-perfect-union.html

We the People song: http://www.school-house-rock.com/sounds/prea.wav

Entire Schoolhouse Rock song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_TXJRZ4CFc

Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen

Site for Constitution education: http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html

US Landmarks:

Map the US landmarks: http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/halasiku/tourresources.html#cat1

Other Resource:

Drive Thru America from National Day of Prayer can be purchased here: http://www.dthamerica.com/curriculum/index.cfm