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The following resources make planning Valentine's activities easy.

View these activities, crafts and cards.

Explore more activities and cards.

Find Valentine songs and more.

Check out Valentine history, books and more activities.

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Put together President's Day lessons

A great President's Day lesson for students begins here:

Start by viewing portraits of the presidents and first ladies, 1789-present.

Check out how some of the presidents were ranked. Then, make trading cards with the backs listing their ranks, heights and other personal data.

View the medical conditions of the presidents, and add them to the trading cards. (See the sample photos.)

And take advantage of other presidential resources:

American Presidents: Life Portraits from CNN

Historical Rankings of U.S. Presidents

U.S. Presidents Resource


Take a presidential quiz

Presidential Rankings

Presidential Trivia

Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States

Visit the sites of the presidential libraries.

Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections from 1824 to 1996

The President's House in Philadelphia

"Life in the White House" presents a history of the White House and video tours of the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, Diplomatic Room and other rooms narrated by the President, First Lady, the President's Chief of Staff, the Vice President.

Rate the Presidents

U.S. Presidents Internet Sites 

Vice Presidents.com 

White House Historical Association.

Presidential mail and phone resources:

Presidential Correspondence
Old Executive Bldg.
Room 94
Washington D.C. 20500
For 50th anniversaries and 80th birthdays, get the President to send a note or a photograph.

President's Schedule
Office of Presidential Scheduling
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington D.C. 20500
Call 202-456-2343 for President's Day.

Lincoln resources:

Abraham Lincoln Research Site

Abraham Lincoln from the Library of Congress

The History Place Presents Abraham Lincoln: an interactive timeline, photos and text of Lincoln's writings and speeches, including the Gettysburg Address.

Emancipation Proclamation

The Gettysburg Address

Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library