President For The Day Web Quest Resource Web Sites

1. 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.
2. The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden - Smithsonian exhibit site traces the history and culture of the presidency from 1789 through 2000.
3. The American President - Official site for the PBS series includes presidential biographies, historical documents, essays, an overview of the election process, a campaign simulation game, and related lesson plans.
4. Click2History: 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.
5. 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.
6. History Buff: The Presidents of the United States of America - Features portraits, biographical sketches, trivia, inaugural addresses, and links to related articles.
7. Name That President - Practice identifying United States presidents with this game from PrimaryGames.com.
8. 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.
9. A Presidential Exploration - The Oval Office - Thinkquest site provides fast facts about the men who have occupied the Oval Office, as well as in-depth looks at their administrations.
10. Presidential Factfile - A comprehensive collection of photographs, biographies, quizzes, and trivia from Infoplease.com.
11. Presidential Libraries IDEA Network - Includes links to each presidential library and links to information about all the presidents.
12. Presidents - Index contains biographies, sketches, writings, and speeches.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. The Presidents of the United States - A collection of biographies and photographs from the official White House web site.
16. 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.
17. U.S. Presidents Lists - Sorts presidents according to a wide variety of criteria ranging from religion to military rank to number of children.
18. Voices of The Presidents - Sound files of the last 20 Presidents.