PRESIDENT’S DAY (USA)
rd
3 Monday in February
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1.Readthequotesof5famousAmericanpresidentsand,ingroups,discusswhattheymean.
a. “Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”
AndrewJackson(The7thPresidentoftheUnitedStates,from1829to1837.)
b.“Myfailureshavebeenerrorsinjudgment,notofintent.”
UlyssesS.Grant(The18thPresidentoftheUnitedStates,from1869to1877.)
c.“Ineverconsideredadifferenceofopinioninpolitics,inreligion,inphilosophy,ascausefor
withdrawingfromafriend.”
ThomasJefferson(The3rdPresidentoftheUnitedStates,from1801to1809.)
d.“Liberty,whenitbeginstotakeroot,isaplantofrapidgrowth.”
GeorgeWashington (ThefirstPresidentoftheUnitedStates,from1789to1797.)
e.“Thebestwaytopredictthefutureistocreateit.”
AbrahamLincoln(The16thPresidentoftheUnitedStates,from1861to1865.)
2.Readandunderline:whywasPresidentWashingtonsoimportant?
Thepresidentontheonedollarbill
GeorgeWashingtonwasthefirstPresidentofTheUnitedStatesandservedtwotermsas
president.Hisfirstterm(1789-1793)wasdedicatedtoorganizingtheexecutivebranchofthe
new government and establishing administrative procedures. In his opinion, they were
necessary for the government to operate with the energy and efficiency he believed were
essential to the republic's future. An astute judge of talent, he surrounded himself with the
mostablemeninthenewnation.PresidentWashingtonsignificantlyinfluencedthepathfor
the presidency moving forward, setting standards in all aspects, including political power,
militarypractice,andeconomicpolicy.
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Adaptedfromhttp://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/.AccessedonJanuary18 ,2017.
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4.Ingroups,getinformationaboutalltheAmericanpresidentswhoareondollarbillstofill
thechart.Possiblesources:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/Presidents
http://www.moneyfactory.gov/uscurrency.html
http://assets.nerdwallet.com/blog/investing/files/2013/02/presidents.jpg
PRESIDENT
a.
GeorgeWashington
b.
ThomasJefferson
c.
AbrahamLincoln
d.
AndrewJackson
e.
UlyssesS.Grant
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4.ObserveandanalyzeRealbills(R$):whichimagesarethereonthem?
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TEACHER’SNOTES
Targetaudience(age):EnsinoFundamental2.
Aim:allowstudentstoknowalittlemoreaboutAmericanpresidentsandHistory.
Duration:50min.
Organization:individual/groupwork.
Material:worksheet.
Preparation:makecopiesoftheworksheet(1perstudent).
Procedures:
• Tellstudentsaboutthecelebration.
When:3rdMondayinFebruary–Feb20in2017.
Celebration: This date was also known as Washington’s Birthday and it’s a day of
celebratingandhonoringallAmericanpresidentspastandpresent.
• Handouttheworksheets.
• 1.Havestudentsreadthequotesanddiscusstheirmeaningsingroups.
• 2. Ask students to underline on the text information about George Washington
importanceaspresident.
• 3.InvitestudentstodosomeresearchonthenetaboutsomeAmericanpresidents
whoarealsoondollarbillstocompletethechart.
• 4.InvitestudentstodosomeresearchontheBrazilianrealbillsandtheirimages.
• Wrapup:ifpossible,showthevideosfoundin
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/presidents-day
andhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHjs5fjv8FEsostudentscan
seeboththeWhiteHouseandPaláciodaAlvoradafromtheinside.
Answers:
1.Answerswillvary.
2. was the first President of The United States; organizing the executive branch of the new
government and establishing administrative procedures; influenced the path for the
presidency moving forward, setting standards in all aspects, including political power,
militarypractice,andeconomicpolicy.
3.a.US$1.00|#1(1789-1797)|FirstUSPresidentandFoundingFather.
b.US$2.00|#3(1801-1809)|OneoftheDeclarationofIndependenceauthors.
c.US$5.00|#16(1861-1865)|EndedslaveryandsavedtheUnion.
d.US$20.00|#17(1829-1837)|Wasthedirectrepresentativeofthecommonman.
e.US$50.00|#18(1869-1877)|WorkedtoimplementCongressionalReconstructionand
toremovevestigesofslavery.
P.S.:On10and100dollarbillstherearenoformerpresidents.On10dollarbillisAlexander
Hamilton, who served as the first US Secretary of the Treasury, and on 100 dollar bill is
Benjamin Franklin, statesman, inventor, diplomat and American founding father
(DeclarationofIndependence).
4.Frente:efígiesimbólicadaRepública,interpretadasobaformadeescultura.Verso:R$1,00
beija-flor; R$ 2,00 tartaruga de pente; R$ 5,00 garça; R$ 10,00 arara; R$ 20,00 mico-leão
dourado;
R$
50,00
onça
pintada;
R$
100,00
garoupa.
http://www.bcb.gov.br/htms/mecir/cedulas/cedcomum.asp