Presidential Project
Your task is to do research, write a report and a piece of creative writing, and a Works Cited page.
Part I: Research—Follow the research steps below:
GaleBiography site
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Web Biography Links:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/article-gallery/presidents-bios/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/Presidents
http://millercenter.org/president
http://www.c-span.org/search/?searchtype=Videos&sort=Most+Recent+Airing&seriesid[]=3
http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/research/alic/presidents.html
Do not use this site unless I tell you: http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm
Part I: Research—Follow the research steps below:
- Notes from Text Book: Read and take notes on the sections in the text book about your president (might be the same as the conflict project).
- Print out & Notes on a Book Review: Make a list of biographies about the president
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2012/12/05/the-best-of-the-best-presidential-biographies-2/
- http://bestpresidentialbios.com/
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/presidential-biographies/
- http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7572.Best_Presidential_Biographies
- http://mandilindner.com/44-presidents-and-their-definitive-biographies/
- Find and print out a book review of one of the biographies of the President
- Notes on book Review
- Types of Primary Sources: Interview, photographs, letters, audio & video recordings, diary or journal, government documents, news articles from the time, speeches
- http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/index.html
- http://cnu.libguides.com/primarypresidents
- Read, look up difficult vocabulary, and paraphrase/summarize/take notes on the primary source.
GaleBiography site
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- Listen to a news broadcast and write a brief summary
- Print a current news article about the President. Write a brief summary
- Print a news article from during his presidency. Write a brief summary
- Visit the Presidential library of the President and give the following information:
- Name of Library
- City and state of Library
- url (should have .gov)
- describe a current exhibit
- describe something that you found interesting
- Create a Works Cited page using MLA form. Use the worksheet on the back to help record citation information.
Web Biography Links:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/article-gallery/presidents-bios/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/Presidents
http://millercenter.org/president
http://www.c-span.org/search/?searchtype=Videos&sort=Most+Recent+Airing&seriesid[]=3
http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/research/alic/presidents.html
Do not use this site unless I tell you: http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm
- Early life
- Education
- Career before politics (if applicable)
- Road to the Presidency
- Important events or decision made during presidency
- Recount and anecdotal story about the president. These would be found in a biography about the president. (Use the book reviews from your research.)
- Your reflections on the president—how he handled difficult situations etc.
- A letter from the president to someone
- A newspaper article from an event during his presidency
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