Choose one of the exercises below.

1. Find an interesting fact or artifact that is associated with one of our previous presidents . Create a visual presentation and describe your discovery. Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920

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2. Find an interesting fact or artifact that is associated with one of the first ladies. Create a visual presentation and describe your discovery. Mrs. George Bush, head-and-shoulders portrait facing right By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present You will be amazed by the amount of material presidents and their wives pass on to future generations. Explore the nooks and crannies of presidential libraries, the nation's attics such as the National Archives, Smithsonian, and Library of Congress and see what you can find. To capture a picture from the Web, simply hold down the mouse button, right mouse button (Windows) and select save this image as. Then, click on save. You may want to create a folder on the computer that will store all of the materials you collect. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding her pet raccoon Courtesy of The Library of Congress

Click to view larger image Presidential Sites Abraham Lincoln Online The American Presidency: A G;orious Burden The Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson National Archives - Links to Presidential Libraries National Portrait Gallery Hall of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film Presidents of the United States - Whitehouse Sound Samples from U.S. Presidents Tokens and Treasures: Gifts to Twelve Presidents First Lady Sites By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present First Ladies - Whitehouse National Museum of American History: First Ladies National First Ladies Library Turn of the Century First Ladies... Who's That Lady

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