Presidents

The American Experience: The Presidents
A collection of research developed for the PBS television series. Includes a review of all 20th century chief executives, a collection of Presidential quotes, links to related sites, a comprehensive collection of primary source materials, and a teachers' guide.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/

The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
Smithsonian exhibit site traces the history and culture of the presidency from 1789 through 2000.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html

American President: An Online Reference Resource
Official site for the PBS series includes presidential biographies, historical documents, essays, an overview of the election process, a campaign simulation game, and related lesson plans.
http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/

Fun Facts About Our Presidents
Lists birthdate, nickname and term of office for each president. Encourages students to find more information and report their findings.
http://www.viterbo.edu/academic/ug/education/edu250/sagler/jill.html

History Buff: The Presidents of the United States of America
Features portraits, biographical sketches, trivia, inaugural addresses, and links to related articles.
http://www.historybuff.com/presidents/presidents.html

Name That President
Practice identifying United States presidents with this game from PrimaryGames.com.
http://www.primarygames.com/presidents/start.htm

Political Cartoons of American Presidents
Features Herb Block's caricatures from a Library of Congress collection in a virtual tour to examine spoofs on several presidential administrations. Includes links to primary sources.
http://www.awesomestories.com/history/stories/political_cartoons/political_cartoons_ch1.htm

Portraits of the Presidents
Online exhibit from the National Portrait Gallery features likenesses of former presidents as well as brief summaries of major events occurring during their administration and information about the works of art.
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/index6.htm

President of the United States
Article from Encarta Encyclopedia provides on overview of the highest government position in the United States.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571294/President_of_the_United_States.html

Presidential Factfile
A comprehensive collection of photographs, biographies, quizzes, and trivia from Infoplease.com.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/presday1.html

Presidential Libraries IDEA Network
Includes links to each presidential library and links to information about all the presidents.
http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/

Presidents
Index contains biographies, sketches, writings, and speeches.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm

Presidents and First Ladies
Includes detailed biographies of all U.S. presidents and well-known first ladies. For students 10 and up. From the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
http://ap.grolier.com/

Presidents of the United States
Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site.
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

The Presidents of the United States
A collection of biographies and photographs from the official White House web site.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html

Thinkquest: A Presidential Exploration - The Oval Office
Provides fast facts about the men who have occupied the Oval Office, as well as in-depth looks at their administrations.
http://library.thinkquest.org/11492/oval_office/index.html

U.S. Presidents and the Presidency
Tells about the office of president, the history of the presidency, and the office of vice president. Includes portraits of first ladies and interactive quizzes. From the publishers of World Book Encyclopedia.
http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/presidents&sc=0

U.S. Presidents Lists
Sorts presidents according to a wide variety of criteria ranging from religion to military rank to number of children.
http://www.heptune.com/preslist.html

Voices of The Presidents
Sound files of the last 20 Presidents.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents/