Presidents’ Day
Washington’s Birthday Day is a federal holiday celebrated on the 3rd Monday in
February. But it is also widely known as Presidents Day. Some states have
designated this day as a holiday to celebrate Washington, Washington and Lincoln,
or Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
For example, it is celebrated as Presidents' Day in Hawaii, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and Washington.
It is called President's Day in Alaska, Idaho, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
On the other hand, it is celebrated as Washington's Birthday in Illinois and
Massachusetts and as George Washington Day in Virginia.
So when were some of our Presidents’ actual birthdays?
 George Washington: February 22, 1732
 Thomas Jefferson: April 13 [O.S. April 2] 1743
 Abraham Lincoln: February 12, 1809
Do you know who the Presidents above are? These Presidents are also featured in
Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota:
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Presidents & Major Events
Who was president
during….
1. ____________________________________
the Trail of Tears.
2. ____________________________________
the Civil War
3. ____________________________________
World War I
4. ____________________________________
the Great Depression
5. ____________________________________
World War II
6. ____________________________________
the Korean War
7. ____________________________________
the Cuban Missile Crisis
A map of Indian Removal
Civil War photo by Matthew Brady
World War I Trench Warfare (left)
WWI: Chemical Warfare
Great Depression
World War II (Newspaper from D-Day)
Below: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In 1962, the United States
discovered that the Soviet
Union was installing missiles
in Cuba. Cartoon shows
Soviet leader Nikita
Khrushchev as a dentist
about to extract Cuban leader
Fidel Castro's teeth, drawn as
missiles.
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Presidents & Major Events Matching
Match the President’s portrait with his name. Match the major world event to the
correct President.
Andrew Jackson
the Korean War
Abraham Lincoln
the Cuban Missile Crisis
Woodrow Wilson
the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover (and FDR)
the Trail of Tears
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
the Civil War
Harry S. Truman
World War I
John F. Kennedy
World War II
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Presidents & Major Events
Who was president
during….
1. Andrew Jackson
the Trail of Tears.
2. Abraham Lincoln
the Civil War
3. Woodrow Wilson
World War I
4. Herbert Hoover (and FDR)
the Great Depression
5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
World War II
6. Harry S. Truman
the Korean War
7. John F. Kennedy
the Cuban Missile Crisis
The USA Presidents Song
Tune: Ten Little Indians Learn the names of the USA presidents in chronological order.
Washington, Adams, Thomas Jefferson
Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams
Jackson, Van Buren, William H. Harrison
Tyler, Polk and Taylor
Fillmore, Pierce, and James Buchanan
Lincoln, Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant
Hayes and Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland
McKinley, Roosevelt, William H. Taft
Wilson, Harding, Calvin Coolidge
Hoover, Roosevelt, Harry S Truman
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson
Nixon, Ford, Jimmy Carter
Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush...AGAIN
Barack Obama’s been our president
2016, who will be the one to win?
Photo Credits:
President Portraits/Photos were courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Mt. Rushmore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore#/media/File:Dean_Franklin__06.04.03_Mount_Rushmore_Monument_%28by-sa%29-3_new.jpg
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brady-photos/images/battery-d-2-us-artillery.gif
http://exhibits.archives.ncdcr.gov/wwi/OldNorthState/trenchwarfare.htm
Great Depression: http://loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1998021539/PP/
Hiroshima: photo by Stanley Troutman, Acme photographer for the war picture pool
https://www.loc.gov/item/2012646993/
Cuban Missile Crisis: https://www.loc.gov/item/acd2002001824/PP/
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Civics and Government Packet:
American Revolution Packet
(A Study of the causes of and events leading to the
American Revolution such as the French & Indian War, Sugar & Molasses Acts, Stamp Act, Boston
Massacre, Townshend Acts, Boston Tea Party, Lexington & Concord and more)
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World Facts Packet:
*Largest countries
*Population facts
*Major world religions
*Facts about the World: longest river, largest desert, wettest and driest places on Earth, tallest
mountain, deepest spot in the ocean, etc.
*Facts about the US: largest/smallest state, capital, highest mountain, longest river, rivers & lakes sheet,
largest cities, neighbors
*Blank fact sheet pages for: Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa
*Famous world landmarks
Feudalism, Medieval Art
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