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Students use the internet or books to calculate each president's age at their inauguration. They graph the ages to determine who was the oldest and youngest president. They also calculate the average age of all of the presidents. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students visit the Senate Curator's selection of historical Inaugural images from the U.S. Senate collection. They describe the changes they observed over the fifty years, and conduct research on more contemporary inaugural celebrations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 7th
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Students, in groups, analyze how technology has changed the way American's participate in Inauguration Day. They share their information with the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the process of presidential inauguration. They examine and discuss primary source documents and complete worksheets. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students complete a unit of lessons on the historical context and significance of Lincoln's inaugural address. They analyze archival documents, campaign posters, historical photographs, and primary source documents, and listen to songs from that time. Full Review »
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- 8th - 11th
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Students read the sections of the US Constitution that discuss the elements of the inauguration. They study how the inauguration symbolizes the peaceful transition of power in a democratic republic and show the parts of the inauguration that highlight the powers of the President as stated in the US Constitution. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students discuss the purpose of the President of the United States giving an inaugural address. They describe their impressions of any inaugural speaches they have heard or read. Students research events leading up to Washington's first inauguration. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students summarize the Constitutional requirements for inagurations and the oath of office. They identify at least three historical examples of inaugural exceptions or precedents. Students list other activites that occur at inaugurations. Students describe the purpose of an inauguration. They state an opinion about what they believe should happen at an inauguration. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read, review, and write about the presidential inauguration as it appears in the media. They use local local and national newspapers to gain information about the inauguration. Students develop their own editorial on the inauguration and the presidency. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine and describe Andrew Jackson's 1828 inauguration, identify ways Jackson's election signaled important changes in American political landscape, discuss how Jackson embodied political culture of his era, and compare politics of Jacksonian democracy with contemporary American politics. Full Review »