HOPE APPELBAUM NICOLE MUEHLENKAMP DEBBIE SMITH ED Fall 2001 A Social Studies Lesson

PRESIDENTS FROM OHIO A FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLAN LESSON PLAN

OBJECTIVES UPON COMPLETION OF THIS LESSON STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:  RECOGNIZE AND NAME THE EIGHT PRESIDENTS FROM OHIO. OHIO.  USE MAP TO LOCATE AND IDENTIFY BIRTHPLACE OF THE OHIO PRESIDENTS. THE OHIO PRESIDENTS.  NAME 1 ACCOMPLISHMENT OR FACT ABOUT EACH PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT.  INTERPRET HOW POLITICAL ACTIVITY ILLUSTRATES CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.  IDENTIFY SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN HISTORY.

MATERIALS NEEDED MAP OF OHIO MAP OF OHIO ATLAS ATLAS POSTERS OF OHIO PRESIDENTS POSTERS OF OHIO PRESIDENTS OHIO PRESIDENT FACT SHEET OHIO PRESIDENT FACT SHEET COMPUTER WITH INTERNET COMPUTER WITH INTERNET RECIPE FROM INTERNET PLUS LIST OF INGREDIENTS RECIPE FROM INTERNET PLUS LIST OF INGREDIENTS CALCULATORS CALCULATORS CREATIVE MINDS CREATIVE MINDS GOOD ATTITUDE GOOD ATTITUDE

Websites   ns/presidents/puzzler.html ns/presidents/puzzler.html ns/presidents/puzzler.html     

INTERNET ACITIVITIES Play the Ohio President game online. Click the title Ohio’s Presidents below to begin playing. Play the Ohio President game online. Click the title Ohio’s Presidents below to begin playing. Ohio's Presidents Ohio's Presidents

WRITING ACTIVITY  IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENT. WRITE A CAMPAIGN SPEECH THAT WOULD CONVINCE OTHERS TO VOTE FOR YOU.  INCLUDE TWO IMPORTANT REASONS WHY YOU WOULD MAKE A GREAT PRESIDENT.  BE PREPARED TO SHARE YOUR CAMPAIGN SPEECH WITH YOUR CLASSMATES.

MAP ACTIVITY  WITH MAP OF OHIO AND OHIO PRESIDENT FACT SHEET, LOCATE THE BIRTHPLACE OF EACH OF THE OHIO BORN PRESIDENTS.  CALCULATE THE DISTANCE IN MILES FROM DAYTON TO EACH OF THE OHIO BORN PRESIDENT’S BIRTHPLACES.  IF YOU VISITED EACH OF THESE BIRTHPLACES, WHAT IS THE TOTAL DISTANCE YOU WOULD TRAVEL?

COOKING ACTIVITY  To discover what types of food were eaten during one of the terms of Ohio’s presidents we will prepare a typical meal of the time period.  Choose a president. Using the internet, research what foods were eaten during his term of office.  Choose one dish and print the recipe so that the class can cook and sample favorite foods of the past.  Recipes for Historic Cooking Recipes for Historic Cooking Recipes for Historic Cooking

TIMELINE ACTIVITY  USING YOUR OHIO PRESIDENT FACT SHEET, CREATE A TIMELINE WITH MARKERS AND POSTERBOARD. MAKE IT COLORFUL AND CREATIVE.  STARTING WITH THE EARLIEST, SHOW WHAT YEAR EACH OHIO PRESIDENT WAS BORN, WHAT YEAR HIS PRESIDENCY BEGAN, WHAT YEAR HIS PRESIDENCY ENDED, AND WHAT YEAR HE DIED.

William Henry Harrison  9th President  Birthplace: Berkeley Plantation, Virginia – Lived in North Bend, Ohio when elected president.  Facts about presidency:  Harrison arrived at his inauguration by train, the first President to do so.  In 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the decision to free the Africans taken from the slave ship Amistad.   William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison

ULYSSES S. GRANT  18th President ( )  Republican Party  Birthplace: Point Pleasant, Ohio  Facts about presidency: The first transmission of human voice on telephone was successfully carried out by Alexander Graham Bell in The first transmission of human voice on telephone was successfully carried out by Alexander Graham Bell in  Also that year, U.S. Forces led by General A. Custer were destroyed at Little Big Horn by Native American forces   Ulysses Simpson Grant Ulysses Simpson Grant

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES  19th President ( )  Republican Party  Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio  Facts about presidency:  The first telephone was installed in the White House in  Saw the end of the Reconstruction Era in the South.  Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes

JAMES A. GARFIELD  20th President ( died in office)  Republican Party  Birthplace: Orange, Ohio  Facts about presidency:  In 1881, the American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.  Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881 – only six months after he took office.   James Abram Garfield James Abram Garfield

BENJAMIN HARRISON  Benjamin Harrison  23rd President ( )  Republican Party  Birthplace: North Bend, Ohio  Facts about presidency:  Oklahoma was opened to settlement.  The International Copyright Act passed.  The first Pan-American conference was held in  Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison

WILLIAM MCKINLEY  25th President ( – died in office, second term)  Republican Party  Birthplace: Niles, Ohio  Facts about presidency: The United States declared war The United States declared war on Spain. on Spain. Under William McKinley the Under William McKinley the United States gained its first overseas possessions - Puerto Rico and Guam. United States gained its first overseas possessions - Puerto Rico and Guam.  Biography of William McKinley Biography of William McKinley Biography of William McKinley

WILLIAM H. TAFT  27th President ( )  Republican Party  Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio  Facts about presidency:  Admiral Robert Peary and Matthew Hensen reached the North Pole in  On July 2, 1909, the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was enacted giving Congress the power to lay and collect income taxes.  William Howard Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft

WARREN G. HARDING  Warren Harding was our 29th president. He was eleced in 1921 and died in office in  Birthplace: Corsica, Ohio which is now called Blooming Grove.  He was the first president to ride in a car to his inauguation.  He was the first American President to takeoffice after World War I.  Warren Gamaliel Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding

GROUP ACTIVITY  AFTER THE PREPARATION OF OUR GROUP’S HISTORIC FOOD, WE WILL BEGIN OUR CAMPAIGN FEAST.  WHILE ENJOYING THE PREPARED FOODS, EACH GROUP WILL CHOOSE ONE MEMBER OF THEIR GROUP TO REPRESENT THEM AS THEIR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.  UPON COMPLETION OF OUR FEAST, THE CANDIDATE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THEIR GROUP WILL SHARE THEIR CAMPAIGN SPEECH WITH THE REST OF THE CLASS.  AFTER THE CAMPAIGN SPEECHES HAVE BEEN READ, THE CLASS WILL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.

INTERESTING FACTS  Ulysses S. Grant was arrested for speeding while driving a horse and buggy in Washington, DC. He had to pay a fine of $20.00 and walk back to the White House.  Warren G. Harding once lost all the White House china gambling, on one hand of cards..  Ulysses S. Grant helped set up Yellowstone National Park, which was our country's first national park. first national park.  Rutherford B. Hayes had the first telephone installed in the White House. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, gave Hayes personal instructions on how Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, gave Hayes personal instructions on how to use it. to use it.  James A. Garfield could write with both hands. Sometimes he amused people by writing Greek with one hand and Latin with the other! Greek with one hand and Latin with the other!  Benjamin Harrison had the White House wired for electricity, but because he was afraid of getting shocked, he would not touch the switches! he was afraid of getting shocked, he would not touch the switches!  William McKinley's picture is on the 500 dollar bill. Guam, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico all became part of the United States during his term Puerto Rico all became part of the United States during his term  William Howard Taft started the tradition of the president throwing out the first ball at the beginning of baseball season. at the beginning of baseball season.  Warren G. Harding was the first president to give a speech over the radio.

ASSESSMENT  ASSESSMENT FOR THIS POWERPOINT LESSON WILL BE MADE BY TEACHER OBSERVATION BASED ON STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES, AS THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY LESSON. FORMAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE MADE UPON COMPLETION OF THE UNIT ABOUT OHIO.