The Opportunity in Presidents' Day (Part 2)

Can you name half a dozen facts about James K. Polk? 

Millard Fillmore?

Warren G. Harding?

Today, Presidents' Day, is a great day to do a quick internet search on one president that's obscure to you. 

While presidents from the past seem like irrelevant, ancient history, each president had a role in shaping the United States into the shape it is today. Knowing how we got here is a good start to understanding where we're heading.

Last year on this day, I wrote a post called "The Opportunity in Presidents' Day."

This post gave an overview and rationale for each core branch of education (and we had more than the three Rs) that my children studied in our home-school.

The U.S. government was one, with a separate focus on all of the U. S. presidents. 

I handpicked the curriculum and added to it every year. Do you see the workbook below? This belongs to Timothy, who kept it all these years.

But it's blank, you may wonder.

Of course, it's blank. The workbooks were resources we used every year. The kids did their work on separate sheets of paper.

Now, this was just one of several books on U.S. presidents we used, depending on the age of the child.

Some of the early memorization work the kids did (first, second, third grades) was to name all U.S. presidents in order. If they can't still do that (although Christopher probably can), they will come rather close.

I shared a few pages from the book, so please scroll through and test your own knowledge today.

Or purchase your own copy of "The Complete Book of Presidents and States." The blurb on Thriftbooks said it's geared toward grades four to six, so you should be able to breeze right through it.

Happy Presidents' Day!