2.+Artifact+Bag

 Amanda Scheele **My Artifact Bag **  I used a blue paper bag and decorated it with the United States flag. 1) **Sample Ballot **



This is a sample ballot from the 2008 Presidential Election. This could be used to teach students about the election process.

2) **Picture of George Washington on Money **



This picture shows George Washington on a bill but it doesn’t show which one. This could be used to have students guess what bill it is. 3) **Picture of Abraham Lincoln on Money **



This is a picture of Abraham Lincoln on a bill but it doesn’t show which bill. This could be used to have students guess which bill he is on. 4) **President Video ** This YouTube video is a song of the United States Presidents in order. This is a fun song that students could sing a long to and eventually remember some of them. 5)  **Fake Money (T) ** 
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[|www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePr32vOxA&feature=related] **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The fake money could be used to introduce a lesson on money and also teach math. It is a great way to teach using hands on learning. 6) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Gold Coins (T) ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The gold coins could introduce a lesson about the US coins. It could also be used to teach about the importance of money and how money is a reward. Then, the gold coins could be handed out as rewards.

My Artifact “Bag” By Allison Carothers <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">

1)  ** Flag **  The flag is used symbolically for identification. The fifty stars represent the 50 U.S. States. The 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies.   2)   ** Letter to Abe Lincoln from Grace Bedell ** On Oct. 15th 1860, Abe Lincoln received a letter by Grace Bedell, an eleven year old little girl, trying to convince him to grow a beard. Grace felt the beard would help him win the presidential election. 3)  ** Money ** The dollar bill displays our first president George Washington and the penny displays our 16th president Abe Lincoln.   4)   ** The Legend of George Washington and The Cherry Tree ** When George Washington was about six years old, he received a hatchet, like most little boys, he was extremely fond. He went about chopping everything that came his way. One day, as he wandered about the garden he found a beautiful cherry tree, of which his father was most proud. He tried the edge of his hatchet on the trunk of the tree and barked it so that it died. Eventually, his father discovered what had happened to his favorite tree and demanded to know who had cut away the bark. Nobody could tell him anything about it. George could not tell a lie and told his father that it was him. His father told him that he should not be afraid to tell the truth is more to me than a thousand trees. 5)  ** Photograph of the United States of America ** The United States of America is composed of three branches: Legislative, Executive-__President__, and Judicial.

My Artifact “Bag”<span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> By Rachel Lintner 1) (Tangible) **Abraham Lincoln’s Stovepipe hat** The stovepipe hat symbolizes Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth president. “One of the Smithsonian’s most treasured icons is this top hat, worn by Abraham Lincoln to Ford’s Theatre on the night of his assassination”. Abraham Lincoln is often portrayed with the famous top hat on. Source: http://www.civilwar.si.edu/lincoln_tophat.html 2) (Tangible) **“George Washington’s Wooden Teeth” (replica) and the Hippo (beanie baby)** “The Myth of George Washington’s Wooden Teeth: George Washington did not have wooden teeth. They were real teeth- they just weren’t his teeth. In fact, they weren’t even human teeth! They were made from hippopotamus ivory (in other words, they were carved from a hippo’s teeth), and were very expensive. They were also very painful. They’re one of the main reasons why we have no paintings of Washington smiling!” Source: __The Everything Kids’ Presidents Book__ by Brian Thornton 3) (Tangible) **A** **Five Dollar Bill** The five dollar bill displays Abraham Lincoln. 4) 1 One Dollar Bill The dollar bill displays George Washington. 5) (Tangible) **A Quarter** <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The quarter displays President George Washington. “It would be twenty-three more years before another former President would join Lincoln on the face of America’s circulating coins. In preparation for the 1932 bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, the Treasury Department and the George Washington Bicentennial Commission suggested a competition to honor our first President on both a coin and a medal. ... For the Washington circulating coin, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon chose the work of New York sculptor John Flanagan, whose portrait of Washington in profile still graces the obverse of the quarter today.” Source: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=nugget07-12-06&link=nugget07-12-06 <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6) (Tangible) **A Penny** <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The penny displays President Abraham Lincoln. “In 2009, the United States Mint will join the nation in celebrating the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Our 16th President was a man who, in a time of great division, remained wholly dedicated to the preservation of the Union. In 1909 he became the first American President to be featured on a circulating coin when Theodore Roosevelt and the United States Treasury Department decided to celebrate his 100th birthday by redesigning the one-cent coin.” Source: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=nugget07-12-06&link=nugget07-12-06 <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7) George Washington 8) George Washington’s Diary 9) Abraham Lincoln 10) The Lincoln Memorial: Washington D.C. “The Lincoln Memorial stands at the west end of the National Mall as a neoclassical monument to the 16th President. The memorial, designed by Henry Bacon, after ancient Greek temples, stands 190 feet long, 119 feet wide, and almost 100 feet high. It is surrounded by a peristyle of 38 fluted Doric columns, one for each of the thirty six states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death, and two columns in-antis at the entrance behind the colonnade.” Source: http://www.nps.gov/history/Nr/travel/wash/dc71.htm <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">11) “If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax”. A quote by Abraham Lincoln 12) <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” A quote by George Washington <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 13)  <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[] This is a silly cartoon between Washington and Lincoln in honor of President’s Day. 14) A picture of Mount Rushmore <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif';">“ Carved into the southeast face of a mountain in South Dakota are the faces of four presidents, a memorial to American history. The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln look down from their stoney heights and remind everyone that even the impossible is possible. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif';">South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson conceived the idea in 1923 to attract more people to the Black Hills of South Dakota with colossal carvings of western heroes. Robinson gained support from major players in South Dakota and Washington DC with the help of Senator Peter Norbeck and Congressman William Williamson. Congress passed legislation authorizing the mountain carving in Harney National Forest Preserve (now Black Hills National Forest).” Source: http://www.nps.gov/archive/moru/park_history/carving_hist/carving_history.htm <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light','serif';">

My Artifact "Bag" by Rebecca Mordente



1.) **U.S. Currency** **(T)** ($1, $5, quarter, and penny) featuring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. This money could provide a good introduction to a President’s Day lesson, because these are items students are likely have background knowledge of.

2.) **Lincoln Hat Craft (T)** & Instructions: Directions can be found at []

3.) **Ph** **oto** of Maj. Allan Pinkerton, US President Abraham Lincoln (wearing his trademark stovepipe hat) & Gen. John A. McClernand, in front of pitched tent on battlefield while Civil War is taking place.



4.) **44 Presidets Rap** A fun rap for kids to listen to, could be used as an introduction to the presidents in a Presidents Day lesson. //__Verse I__ Memorizing presidents is gonna take some effort We’ll start with George Washington, Adams, and Thomas Jefferson Then James Madison and James Monroe Then John Quincy Adams like his father before

Next up we’ve got some interesting folks Named Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, and Polk The next four presidents that we’ll examine Are Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan

__Chorus__ 44 Presidents, White House residents From the Revolution to the age of the Internet (×4)

__Verse II__ Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves Then we got Johnson, Grant, and Rutherford Hayes James Garfield, Chester Arthur Cleveland and Harrison; let’s keep going farther

Next up, we got Cleveland again Then McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson The next four, yeah you know who they are, it’s Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and FDR

__Chorus__

__Verse III__ No presidents are from Wisconsin Not Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, or Johnson We’re getting near the end, but it’s not getting harder It’s Nixon, Ford, then Jimmy Carter

Last four, we’re almost done We’ve just got Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush the Son Obama’s in the White House now So hail to the chief and stand up proud!// Listen to the rap @ []

5.) **Sample Newspaper Article** created from the online activity at []. Students get to pretend to be president and choose advisors, balance the US budget, and answer interview questions. Then an newspaper article is printed out about them and their job as the president.

6.) **__The Cherry Tree__ Story** can be used as an introduction to baking the George Washington Cherry Thumbprint Cookies. []

__The Cherry Tree__ by M.L. Weems

When George was about six years old, he was made the wealthy master of a hatchet of which, like most little boys, he was extremely fond. He went about chopping everything that came his way. One day, as he wandered about the garden amusing himself by hacking his mother's pea sticks, he found a beautiful, young English cherry tree, of which his father was most proud. He tried the edge of his hatchet on the trunk of the tree and barked it so that it died. Some time after this, his father discovered what had happened to his favorite tree. He came into the house in great anger, and demanded to know who the mischievous person was who had cut away the bark. Nobody could tell him anything about it. Just then George, with his little hatchet, came into the room. "George,'' said his father, "do you know who has killed my beautiful little cherry tree yonder in the garden? I would not have taken five guineas for it!'' This was a hard question to answer, and for a moment George was staggered by it, but quickly recovering himself he cried: "I cannot tell a lie, father, you know I cannot tell a lie! I did cut it with my little hatchet.'' The anger died out of his father's face, and taking the boy tenderly in his arms, he said: "My son, that you should not be afraid to tell the truth is more to me than a thousand trees! Yes - though they were blossomed with silver and had leaves of the purest gold!'"

7.) Cherry Thumbprint Cookies
 * George Washington Cherry Thumbprint Cookies & Recipe (T)**

1 teaspoon vanilla 2 sticks butter or margarine 2 egg yolks 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt maraschino cherries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together the vanilla, butter, egg yolks and brown sugar until creamy. Add the flour and salt and mix well.

Have the children roll the dough into 1" balls and place them on greased cookie sheets. Have the children make a thumbprint in each ball and then place a maraschino cherry in each thumbprint. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. (Makes about 3 dozen cookies) []