PRESIDENTS’ DAY

February 18th is Presidents’ Day! Therefore, the ESU #8 Instructional Materials Resource Center is featuring the following books and videos for your classroom use. For more program titles go to the ESU #8 home page, http://www.esu8.org

• VT5009 President’s Day: (10 minutes) Explains why Washington is known as the "father of his country." Tells the story of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation and explains how our 16th president prevented the United States from being destroyed. Teacher's guide included. (Primary & Intermediate)
• VC5356 JFK: Death of A President: (27 minutes) Recall the grim day in America's history of the tragic assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, and examines the events prior to and following the loss of this leader. (High School)
• VT5968 Presidents’ Day: (15 minutes) Visit Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. Travel on to Illinois to Abraham Lincoln homes in New Salem and Springfield. (Primary)

PROFILES OF THE PRESIDENTS
The books in this series tell the fascinating stories of the important men who have served as president of the United States. From George Washington to George W. Bush, these leaders have been responsible for the development of the United States from a group of colonies to a single great nation and world leader. Each book features a glossary, fast facts about the president, a parallel

timeline of world and presidential events, extensive resources to help young readers understand the president’s life and times better, and an index. This series is suggested for Intermediate, Junior High and High School students.

• BK2236 George Washington: 1789-1797 by, Michael Burgan
• BK2237 John Adams: 1797-1801 by, Andrew Santella
• BK2238 Thomas Jefferson: 1801-1809 by, Ann Heinrichs
• BK2239 James Madison: 1809-1817 by, Andrew Santella
• BK2240 James Monroe: 1817-1825 by, Michael Teitelbaum
• BK2241 Franklin Pierce: 1853-1857 by, Barbara Somervill
• BK2242 Abraham Lincoln: 1861-1865 by, Jean F. Blashfield
• BK2243 Ulysses S. Grant: 1869-1877 by, Jean Kinney Williams
• BK2244 Herbert Hoover: 1929-1933 by, Michael Teitelbaum
• BK2245 Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1933-1945 by, Michael Burgan
• BK2246 Harry S. Truman: 1945-1953 by, Deborah Cannarella
• BK2247 Dwight D. Eisenhower: 1953-1961 by, Lucia Raatma
• BK2248 John F. Kennedy: 1961-1963 by, Lucia Raatma
• BK2249 James Earl Carter Jr.: 1977-1981 by, Andrew Santella
• BK2368 George H.W. Bush: 1989-1993 by, Marc Davis
• BK2250 William Jefferson Clinton: 1993-2001 by, Ann Heinrichs

Presidents Speeches

Listed below are “Digital Audio” titles of Presidents speeches that can be downloaded or played from the PowerMediaPlus program. Click on this link: PowerMediaPlus (PMP) ... which is also on the ESU #8 homepage.

1. Theodore Roosevelt: “The Progressive Covenant with the People” (August, 1912)
2. Theodore Roosevelt: “The Right of the People to Rule” (August, 1912)
3. Theodore Roosevelt: “The Farmer & the Businessman” (August, 1912)
4. Theodore Roosevelt: “Social & Industrial Justice” (August, 1912)
5. Calvin Coolidge: “America & the War” (c. 1920)
6. Calvin Coolidge: “Duty of Government” (1920)
7. Calvin Coolidge: “Equal Rights” (July 4, 1920)
8. Calvin Coolidge: “Law & Order” (1920)
9. Samuel Gompers: “Labor’s Service to Freedom” Speech
10. Warren G. Harding: “The American Soldier” (1920)
11. Warren G. Harding: “The Republic Must Awaken” (1917)
12. Warren G. Harding: “League of Nations” (1920)
13. William H. Taft: “The Rights of Labor” (August 3, 1908)
14. John F Kennedy: “President & the Press” Speech (April 27, 1961)

Other digital resources, such as video and graphic images, can also be found on the Presidents by going to PowerMediaPlus (PMP).