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President's Day
Literature Based Units
Abraham Lincoln (the boy who loved books)
Lapbook
created by Jodi Small and Jolanthe
For your
information, here are some ways that America celebrates President’s Day:
All government offices are closed
All schools are closed
All banks are closed
A wreath is laid at George Washington's grave
A wreath is laid at the door of Abe Lincoln's home in KY
A wreath is laid at the foot of the statue of Lincoln in the
Lincoln Memorial
The Gettysburg address is read
Library List
| Picture Books | George Washington | Abraham Lincoln | Other Presidents |
| Duck for President by Doreen Cronin | George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra | Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers by Karen B. Winnick | Landmark Thomas Jefferson by Marvin
Barrett |
| So, You Want to Be President
by Judith St. George |
Take the Lead, George Washington by Judith St. George | Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters | A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson
by David Adler |
| Let’s Celebrate President’s Day by Peter and Connie Roop |
If You Grew Up with George Washington by
Ruth Belov Gross |
Landmark Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Cary |
Andrew Jackson by Robert Quakenbush |
| If Only Walls Could Talk: Family Life at the White House
by Jane O’Connor |
A Picture Book of George Washington
by David Adler |
If You Grew Up with Abe Lincoln by Ann
McGovern |
Andrew Jackson Frontier Patriot by Louis Sabin |
| Don’t Know Much About the Presidents by
Kenneth Davis |
D’Aulaire’s George Washington |
D’Aulaire’s Abe Lincoln |
Thomas Jefferson (Childhood of Famous Americans) |
| DK EyeWitness Books -- Presidents |
George Washington’s Mother by Jean
Fritz |
Lincoln: a Photobiography by Russell
Freedman |
John Adams (Childhood of Famous Americans) |
| George Washington’s World by Genevieve
Foster |
Just A Few Words Mr. Lincoln by Jean
Fritz |
Teddy Roosevelt (Childhood of Famous Americans) | |
| Landmark George Washington by Joan Heilbroner |
Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig by Stephen Krensky |
Yo, Millard Fillmore (And All Those Other Presidents You Don’t Know) by Will Cleveland | |
| The Bulletproof George Washington by David Burton | Abraham Lincoln (Childhood of Famous Americans) | Ronald Reagan: from Sports to Music to Politics
by Libby Hughes |
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| George Washington (Childhood of Famous Americans) | A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln by David Adler | ||
| George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz |
Links and Freebies
Homeschool Share's Presidents ~ Lapbook and
Notebook Resources
Homeschool Share's
President Report Forms
Homeschool Share's Presidents Cards (4
to a page) contributed by Kim K.
Homeschool Share's Presidents Cards (6
to a page) contributed by Kim K.
Homeschool Share's Presidents Cards (8
to a page) contributed by Kim K.
Homeschool Share's Presidents Time
Line Figures (16 to a page) contributed by Kim K.
President's Day
at Enchanted Learning
Optional Resources to Purchase
President's Day Project Pack from In the Hands of a Child
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