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

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

Next, see how tall the president was. Students develop a scale and try to make the presidents to scale with a drawing of the face on each one. Makes for a nice, small diorama. GO!

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

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

And take advantage of other presidential resources:

The American President: A site that includes presidential biographies, lesson plans, essays, historical documents and more based on the PBS series. GO!

American Presidents: Life Portraits from CNN GO!

The Artful Presidency GO!

History Buff's Presidential Wing has interesting facts about presidents. GO!

U.S. Presidents Resource GO!

The American Presidency GO!

View presidential links, first ladies, speeches, cabinet members and more. GO!

Take a presidential quiz. GO!

Presidential Trivia GO!

Visit the sites of the presidential libraries. GO!

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

The President's House in Philadelphia GO!

"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. GO!

White House Historical Association. GO!

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 from the Library of Congress GO!

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

Emancipation Proclamation GO!

The Gettysburg Address GO!

Abraham Lincoln Research Site GO!

Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library GO!