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President’s Day

548 minutes

20 Items

Presidents and the Constitution

Curriculum

80 Lessons

Eisenhower’s Farewell Address | A Primary Source Close Read w/ BRI

Video

40 Min

The President as Commander in Chief

Lesson

4 Activities

Establishing a Government of Laws, Not Men: George Washington’s Retirement and Responsibility

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

John Adams (1735-1826)

Lesson

5 Activities

45 Min

Eisenhower and the Little Rock Crisis (1957)

Lesson

3 Activities

60 Min

Did Abraham Lincoln Exceed His Presidential Powers during the Civil War?

Activity

40 Min

Reading Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address | A Primary Source Close Read w/ BRI

Video

30 Min

Washington’s First Inaugural Address, 1789

Activity

40 Min

George Washington’s Farewell Address and First Inaugural Address | A Primary Source Close Read w/BRI

Video

57 Min

Washington’s Farewell Address Annotated

Activity

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Lesson

5 Activities

10 Min

The Election of 1800

E Lesson

20 Min

Continuity or Change? Presidential Elections | BRIdge from the Past: Art Across U.S. History

Video

15 Min

James Madison (1751-1836)

Lesson

4 Activities

10 Min

Presidential Inaugurations, Past and Present

E Lesson

Federal Power: Presidents and the Constitution

Video

6 Min

Theodore Roosevelt: Warrior for Public Justice

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933

Activity

40 Min

You Felt He was Talking to You: FDR’s Fireside Chats and Identity

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min