Have Fun with the Presidents: Activities, Projects, and Fascinating Facts - Softcover

King, David C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471679054 ISBN 13: 9780471679059

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2007

Synopsis

It’s important to learn about the U.S. presidents, but it’s even better to have fun while doing it. Have Fun with the Presidents is filled with activities, recipes, games, puzzles, profiles, quotes, and fascinating facts, about all 42 American presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush.

You will learn all kinds of interesting things about the presidents, their families, and the times in which they lived, but this is much more than just a book of facts.  The games and activities in Have Fun with the Presidents will give you a better understanding of each president’s important contributions, interesting hobbies, and unique personality.

In Have Fun with the Presidents you will learn that

• Herbert Hoover and his wife spoke Chinese in the White House as a way of maintaining their privacy
• Dwight Eisenhower was an enthusiastic cook who loved grilling on the roof of the White House
• Two of Theodore Roosevelt’s sons managed to sneak a pony into a White House elevator so they could take it to their sick brother’s bedroom
• George H.W. Bush hated broccoli so much he had it banned from the White House kitchen
• And much more!

About this title

About the Author

David C. King is a former history teacher and an award-winning author who haswritten more than thirty books for children and young adults, including the books in Wiley's American Kids in History and American Heritage, American Voices series.

From the Back Cover

Fascinating Facts and Fun Projects

It's important to learn about the U.S. presidents, but it's evenbetter to have fun while doing it. Have Fun with the Presidents is filled with activities, recipes, games, puzzles, profiles, quotes, andfascinating facts about all of the American presidents, fromGeorge Washington to George W. Bush.

You will learn all kinds of interesting things about the presidents,their families, and the times in which they lived, but this ismuch more than just a book of facts. The games and activities in Have Fun with the Presidents will give you a better understandingof each president's important contributions, interesting hobbies,and unique personality.

While you are learning about the eventful lives of theAmerican presidents, you will also discover how to:

• Make your own fossil imprints, similar to the ones thatThomas Jefferson collected.
• Make a beautiful summer wreath like the ones thatdecorated Martin Van Buren's home.
• Play a game of battlefield strategy based on techniquesused by Ulysses S. Grant.
• And much more!

It's important to learn about the U.S. presidents, but it's evenbetter to have fun while doing it. Have Fun with the Presidents is filled with activities, recipes, games, puzzles, profiles, quotes, andfascinating facts about all of the American presidents, fromGeorge Washington to George W. Bush.

You will learn all kinds of interesting things about the presidents,their families, and the times in which they lived, but this ismuch more than just a book of facts. The games and activities in Have Fun with the Presidents will give you a better understandingof each president's important contributions, interesting hobbies,and unique personality.

While you are learning about the eventful lives of theAmerican presidents, you will also discover how to:

• Make your own fossil imprints, similar to the ones thatThomas Jefferson collected.
• Make a beautiful summer wreath like the ones thatdecorated Martin Van Buren's home.
• Play a game of battlefield strategy based on techniquesused by Ulysses S. Grant.
• And much more!

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471679054
• ISBN 13: 9780471679059
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128