A Very Easy, Four Day President's Day Unit Study Focusing on the First Five Presidents (Elementary)

Monday:

• Read up on the first five U. S. Presidents in books from the library or on the internet.  Suggestion:  Don't Know Much About the Presidents by Kenneth Davis
• Find the birthplaces of the first five U. S. Presidents on a map of the United States.  You may want to buy or print a special map to bring out for this purpose each year.
• Begin a U. S. Presidents notebook.  Have the kids make up a separate page for each President, sketching or copying a picture of each President and writing down some facts and interesting information about each one.  These can begin very simply for younger children and become more in-depth for older children.

Tuesday:

• Read picture book biographies about one or two of the first five U. S. Presidents.  Suggestions:
• George Washington by Cheryl Harness
• Thomas Jefferson by Cheryl Harness

Thursday:

• Look up and read some of the Proverbs that deal with honesty.
• Tell your kids the story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree.
• Have your kids copy a sentence or two (or more if they're older) of the Declaration of Independence or the preamble to the United States Constitution.

Friday:

• Discuss the problems George Washington had with his teeth.  Suggestion:  George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra.
• Discuss proper oral hygiene and consider coming up with a 30-day chart to help the kids make a habit of good oral hygiene (including brushing a certain number of times a day or for a set time each time they brush or flossing or eating less sugar).
• Plan and prepare a Presidential-themed meal based on the favorite foods of one or all of the first five U. S. Presidents.