Primary Source Learning: U.S. Presidents
Learning from the Source: lessons
- Abraham Lincoln & Me Primary Source Activity Book
- The Art of Mourning (Lincoln)
- Monumental Men
- Mourning Lincoln & the Art of Tribute
- Presidential Portraits
- Indian Territory Resettlement
Guided primary source analysis activities
- A Plan of My Farm (Washington)
- Jefferson’s Pasta Machine
- Abolition frowned down (Quincy Adams)
- Rats Leaving a Falling House (Van Buren)
- Footrace, Pennsylvania Avenue (Tyler & Polk)
- Pierce examining a witness–the good Samaritan
- Theory. Practice. Effect. (Lincoln)
- Great presidential puzzle (Grant)
- Phrenological Delineation of His Character (Garfield)
- Presenting Party Platforms (Harrison & Cleveland)
- Letter with illustrated fable (Roosevelt)
- A Thanksgiving Truce (Roosevelt)
- Goal! (Roosevelt & Taft)
- Taft About to Eclipse William Jennings Bryan
- Everybody’s Doing It! (Taft)
- Monopoly Brothers Supported by the Little Consumer (Taft)
- The Kidnappers (Roosevelt)
- Tariff Triumph of Pharaoh Wilson
- Massachusetts Did It (Coolidge)
- Biggest Business in the World (Harding)
- Dedication by Robert Frost (Kennedy)
- States of the Union (Obama)
- Abraham Lincoln Papers
- Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
- American Leaders Speak (1918-1920)
- The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy
- George Washington Papers
- The Last Days of a President (McKinley)
- James Madison Papers
- Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies
- Presidential Inaugurations
- Theodore Roosevelt on Film
- Thomas Jefferson Papers
Primary Source Learning collections
- Learning About Lincoln
- Presidential Elections
- States of the Union as Civic Learning Opportunity
- Women in the White House
More learning resources
- Celebrating George Washington and Other U.S. Presidents with Primary Sources Teaching with the Library of Congress February 9, 2021
- Dynamite Presidents Game
- George Washington: First in War, in Peace, and in the Hearts of His Countrymen
- Know Your Candidate: Analyzing Sheet Music to Explore Presidential Nominee Identity Teaching with the Library of Congress February 16, 2016
- Presidential Memorials and Public Memory Teaching with the Library of Congress February 14, 2019
- Students and Presidential Speeches: Analyzing Past Speeches and Delivering Their Own Teaching with the Library of Congress January 26, 2017
- The Thomas Jefferson Building: Secret Messages
- Thomas Jefferson’s Library: Connecting the Books to the Life
- Thomas Jefferson’s Library: Word Search
- Vice Presidents Inquiry Kit