Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids - arranged by grade levels
   http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

The Formation of a National Government
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap4.htm

The Constitution of the United States
   http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/
   http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/US-Constitution.htm
   http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html
   http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/constitution.htm
     http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/constitution.htm
     http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_index.htm
     http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_history.html
     Interactive Constitution - http://mrnussbaum.com/u-s-constitution-interactive/
   Constitution Games - http://www.pbs.org/tpt/constitution-usa-peter-sagal/constitution-games/
                        http://edsitement.neh.gov/constitution-day/educational-games-and-interactive-modules                         

The Bill of Rights - http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/billofrights.htm
   http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_billofrights.htm
   http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html

Court Cases from the Supreme Court collection -
    great site arranged by topic
   http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

The Supreme Court - 
  The Oyez Project and virtual tour plus info about justices
  
Famous Supreme Court decisions -
  https://www.constitutionfacts.com/content/supremeCourt/files/SupremeCourt_LandmarkCases.pdf
  http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2036448,00.html
  http://landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/home

Thomas - legislative information
   http://thomas.loc.gov/

     How a bill becomes law - Senate
     http://thomas.loc.gov/home/enactment/enactlawtoc.html

     How a bill becomes law - House of Representatives
     http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html

Building a Government
  http://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800
  http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/OakViewES/harris/97-98/america/building/constitution/index.html

U.S. National Archives and Records
  Charters - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters.html
  The Founding Fathers - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html
  

Daniel Webster - http://www.marshfield.net/History/webster.htm
   http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h273.html
   http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000238
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster
   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/
   http://www.nndb.com/people/445/000024373/
   http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/webster/index.html

Alexander Hamilton -
   http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/burr/hamiltonbio.htm
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton
    http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/alexander-hamilton/
   http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/hamilton.html
   http://www.alexanderhamiltonexhibition.org/
   http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/ham/hamilton.html

Aaron Burr - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/burr.html
              http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/aaron-burr-jr/
              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr
              http://www.aaronburrassociation.org/
              http://www.nndb.com/people/184/000022118/

 Presidents of the United States

George Washington - First President - 1789-1797
       https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/george-washington/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/gwashington.html
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/george-washington/

John Adams - Second President - 1797-1801
       https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-adams/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jadams.html
       http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/john-adams/
       http://millercenter.org/president/adams
       http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/
       http://www.hbo.com/films/johnadams/

Thomas Jefferson - Third President - 1801-1809
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/thomas-jefferson/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/tjefferson.html
        http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/thomas-jefferson/
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/thomasjefferson/p/pjefferson.htm
http://millercenter.org/president/jefferson
Monticello - Visit Jefferson's home in Virginia
http://www.monticello.org/
   Thomas Jefferson from Ken Burns - http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/

  ***Class worksheet on Thomas Jefferson

James Madison - Fourth President - 1809-1817
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-madison/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jmadison.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison
http://millercenter.org/president/madison
http://montpelier.org/explore/james_madison/

James Monroe - Fifth President - 1817-1825
 https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-monroe/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jmonroe.html       

John Quincy Adams - Sixth President - 1825-1829
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-quincy-adams/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jqadams.html
      
Andrew Jackson - Seventh President - 1829-1837
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/andrew-jackson/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ajackson.html
       http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/andrew-jackson/

                Martin Van Buren - Eighth President - 1837-1841
                     https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/martin-van-buren/      
         http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/mvanburen.html

                William Henry Harrison - Ninth President - 1841
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-henry-harrison/
          http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/whharrison.html

John Tyler - Tenth President - 1841-1845
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-tyler/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jtyler.html

James K. Polk - Eleventh president - 1845-1849
 https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-k-polk/  
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jkpolk.html

Zachary Taylor - Twelfth President - 1849-1850
  https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/zachary-taylor/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ztaylor.html

Millard Fillmore -  Thirteenth President - 1850-1853
 https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/millard-fillmore/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/mfillmore.html

Franklin Pierce - Fourteenth President - 1853-1857
  https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/franklin-pierce/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/fpierce.html

James Buchanon - Fifteenth President - 1857-1861
  https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-buchanan/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jbuchanan.html 

Abraham Lincoln - Sixteenth president - 1861-1865
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/abraham-lincoln/  
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/alincoln.html
           http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln.html and http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln2.html

Andrew Johnson - Seventeenth President - 1865-1869
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/andrew-johnson/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ajohnson.html

Ulysses S. Grant - Eighteenth President - 1869-1877
 https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ulysses-s-grant/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/usgrant.html

Rutherford B. Hayes - Nineteenth President - 1877-1881
       https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/rutherford-b-hayes/
       http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/rbhayes.html

James Garfield - Twentieth President - 1881
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-garfield/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jagarfield.html

Chester A. Arthur - Twenty-First President - 1881-1885
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/chester-a-arthur/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/caarthur.html

Grover Cleveland - Twenty-Second President -
   1885-1889 (see below)
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/grover-cleveland/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/gcleveland.html

Benjamin Harrison - Twenty-Third President - 1889-1893
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/benjamin-harrison/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/bharrison.html

Grover Cleveland - Twenty-Fourth President -
   1893-1897 (see above)
 https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/grover-cleveland/     
 
William McKinley - Twenty-Fifth President - 1897-1901
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-mcKinley/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wmckinley.html   

Theodore Roosevelt - Twenty-Sixth President - 1901-1909
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/theodore-roosevelt/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/troosevelt.html

William H. Taft - Twenty-Seventh President - 1909-1913
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-howard-taft/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/whtaft.html
      http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/william-howard-taft/

Woodrow Wilson - Twenty-Eighth President - 1913-1921
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/woodrow-wilson/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wwilson.html
      http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/woodrow-wilson/

Warren Harding - Twenty-Ninth President - 1921-1923
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/warren-g-harding/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wgharding.html
      http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/warren-gamaliel-harding/

Calvin Coolidge - Thirtieth President - 1923-1929
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/calvin-coolidge/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ccoolidge.html

Herbert Hoover - Thirty-First President - 1929-1933
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/herbert-hoover/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/hchoover.html

Franklin D. Roosevelt - Thirty-Second President - 1933-1945
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/fdroosevelt.html

Harry S. Truman - Thirty-Third President - 1945-1953
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/harry-s-truman/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/hstruman.html

Dwight D. Eisenhower - Thirty-Fourth President - 1953-1961
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/dwight-d-eisenhower/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ddeisenhower.html

John F. Kennedy - Thirty-Fifth President - 1961-1963
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-f-kennedy/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jfkennedy.html
      http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/john-f-kennedy/

Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President - 1963-1969
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/lyndon-b-johnson/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/lbjohnson.html
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/lyndon-b-johnson/

Richard M. Nixon - Thirty-Seventh President - 1969-1974
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/richard-m-nixon/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/rmnixon.html

Gerald R. Ford - Thirty-Eighth President - 1974-1977
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/gerald-r-ford/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/grford.html
      http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/gerald-ford/

Jimmy Carter - Thirty-Ninth President - 1977-1981
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-carter/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jecarter.html
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/jimmy-carter/

Ronald W. Reagan - Fortieth President - 1981-1989
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ronald-reagan/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/rwreagan.html
      http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/ronald-reagan/

George Herbert Walker Bush - Forty-First President - 1989-1993
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/george-h-w-bush/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ghwbush.html
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/george-bush/

William J. Clinton - Forty-Second President - 1993-2001
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-j-clinton/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wjclinton.html
      http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/bill-clinton/

George W. Bush - Forty-Third President - 2001-2008
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/george-w-bush/
      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/gwbush.html
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/george-walker-bush/

Barack H. Obama - Forty-Fourth President - 2009-2017
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/barack-obama/
      Inaugural Address - 2009
Inaugural Address - 2013

Donald J. Trump - Forty-Fifth President - 2017-2021
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/donald-j-trump/

Joseph R. Biden - Forty-Sixth President - 2021
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-biden/

TEACHER RESOURCES

Presidents of the United States database - http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Ben's Guide for Educators - https://bensguide.gpo.gov/parent-ed-u-s-government-web-sites-for-educators

Library of Congress Lesson Plans using primary sources - https://loc.gov/education/      

Plans About American Government - https://government.mrdonn.org/

ProTeacher Lesson Plans about the Constitution
  http://www.proteacher.com/090037.shtml
 
Lesson Plans from Crossroads - democracy in the United States
 middle school- http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_4/index.html
 high school - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec5/Unit_05/
 elementary - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec3/gr4/unit5/U5-G4-HEAD.html

US Constitution activities - http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-kids/

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