Presidents' Day

Excellent resource including interactive games, simulations, and lesson plans about the executive branch and it's relationship to the other branches of government. "Win the White House" is a student favorite!

The Peabody Award-winning series profiles the men who have served as chief executive of the United States. This website, created as a companion to C-SPAN's 20th anniversary television series, provides an in-depth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations. 

The most comprehensive website about the Presidents of the United States and the US Presidency. The list of Presidents and alphabetized subject headings link to a wide array of information and resources about all the Presidents of the United States.

Learn and teach important stories of United States history through the lens of the White House using the White House Historical Association's Classroom Resource Packets. Adaptable to any twenty-first century classroom, these ready-to-use materials highlight resources from the White House Historical Association's Digital Library

The Heritage Foundation's curated resources that accompany the text of the constitution. This resource includes essays written to help citizens understand the nuances that exist behind the framers' conceptualization of the executive branch as well as how those nuances have been interpreted over time.

"Recasting American Presidential History in the Classroom" offers a variety of resources on the American Presidency that provide research activities for students and encourage online discussion. The aim is to begin a classroom conversation about the American presidency in ways that capitalize on a generation of insights from social, economic, cultural, and political historians. 

Lessons, printables, resources, videos, etc. on anything and everything having to do with the American presidency. Geared toward teachers of lower-upper elementary school.

Thomas Jefferson described the presidency as a “splendid misery,” John Quincy Adams felt it was “harassing,” and Warren Harding said simply “It’s hell! No other word to describe it.” Author Stefan Lorant echoed these views when he proclaimed the presidency a “glorious burden.” This is the lens through which this website and its corresponding exhibition explore the evolution of the American presidency, both its grandeur and the gravity of the personal toll it can exact.