JFK’s Portrait: Why is he looking down?
It happens every school year. Whenever my students flip through the presidents’ portraits in the back pages of their textbooks, a question always arises: “Why is JFK looking down in…
Tag: Periodic Table of the Presidents
Cool Presidents
It’s wintertime, but spring is on the way. Before it gets too warm outside, we’d like to celebrate Presidents Day by chilling out with some of our coolest presidents. In…
The Periodic Table of the Constitution
The Constitution matters. We the People at the Periodic Presidents would like to introduce the newest member of our full-size (24″ x 36″) poster lineup. The Periodic Table of the…
Money Presidents
$100,000 bill? Woodrow Wilson appears on the largest note ever produced by our government. The $100,000 bill wasn’t circulated among the general public, but instead was used for transactions between…
Which presidents are related?
Father-Son Duos The Adamses were the first father-son duo to be elected President. The Adams family connection to the New World goes way back. In fact, John Adams’s great-great-grandparents were among…
New Lesson: James K. Polk & Texas Annexation
In this lesson, students examine the issue of Texas annexation by reading two primary sources: James K. Polk’s inaugural address (1845) and an anti-slavery meeting broadside from Boston,…
Where is FDR’s original memorial?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only president elected four times (1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944). Sadly, he passed away from a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after being elected to his…
What is written on Thomas Jefferson’s gravestone?
HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. The above words…