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Theme Pack
Explore the U.S. Presidency from Election to Inauguration
Featured Materials
Take advantage of a teachable moment that comes once every four years. Follow our Election 2008 theme pack with inauguration materials focused on current events, historical firsts, and the area of Washington, D.C., where it all happens.

Inauguration Resources
Multilevel Books
Barack Obama K
Barack Obama O
Barack Obama

Concept Books
Events of Inauguration Day
Children at the White House 

Poetry
Barack Obama 

Picture Cards
Jefferson Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Roosevelt Memorial
Washington Monument
The White House
The White House Blue Print
The Capitol Building
The Pentagon
Political T-shirts 

Poster
Get our Inauguration Facts Quick Chart by reading this month's newsletter. Then assess students' understanding using the worksheets below.
Inauguration Facts Quick Chart Questions
Inauguration Firsts Research Scavenger Hunt 

Maps
National Mall Aerial Photo (11x17 format)
National Mall Aerial Photo (2 8.5x11 format)
National Mall Map (11x17 format)
National Mall Map (2 8.5x11 format)
            National Mall Map Questions

Election Resources
Voting Process
Presidential Election Ballot
Electoral College Quick Read
            Primary Questions
            Intermediate Questions

Graph
Voter Turnout Quick Chart

Maps
Electoral Votes Map (11x17 format)
Electoral Votes Map (2 8.5x11 format) 

Poster
U.S. Presidents Quick Chart (11x17 format)
U.S. Presidents Quick Chart (2 8.5x11 format)
U.S. Presidents Quick Chart Questions

Meet the Candidates '08 Quick Read
Barack Obama, Democrat
Approx. grade 2
Approx. grade 4
Approx. grade 6

John McCain, Republican
Approx. grade 2
Approx. grade 4
Approx. grade 6

How the Websites Work Together

Related Reading A-Z Books
White House Pets F
Childhood Stories of George Washington I
Famous First Ladies Q
Your Road to the White House X
Abraham Lincoln: From Log Cabin to the White House Z
Building a Nation Z

Resource Integration


Tools such as inauguration-themed Picture Writing Prompts and a genre lesson on Informational Speech Writing will help students share what they know about the U.S. presidency. In fact, a low-cost Writing A-Z license provides several leveled writing lessons in multiple genres and skill areas, so all students can write like the pros about any theme.




Children love to stop, look, listen, and read with the Raz-Kids animated talking versions of favorite Reading A-Z books featuring presidential themes. Order today to gain access to Childhood Stories of George Washington (level I), White House Pets (level F), and all the Raz-Kids online leveled readers.




Vocabulary A-Z enables teachers to build custom lessons that match specific and unique classroom instruction and subjects. This affordable subscription website also provides weeklong vocabulary lessons featuring glossary terms (Reading A-Z Book Connections) from many of the books featured in the Presidential Election theme pack.

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