President of the United States

Welcome to a Learning Project on the Presidents of the United States

Preface
This course examines the List of US Presidents and identifies simple mnemonics for placing the separate Presidential Terms into the context of US History. In sequence with the List, a separate Lesson is associated with each of the 44 Presidents. The length of time covered by a Lesson can range from less than a year to over twelve years, with one President listed twice (Do you know Who? & When?).

Within each Lesson, introductory information is broad brushed by association with major events and trends in both US History and World History. Additional categories of timelines with significant milestones would include technology, fashion, architecture, business, etc. The more advanced information would investigate Presidential Policy, as influenced by the life and times of the President and his family. The finest level of detail within a Lesson would investigate specific policies that significantly influenced major historical events. Information on these events would be provided by linking out to other Learning Projects that covered specific historical topics.


 * See also in Wikipedia
 * President of the United States
 * List of Presidents
 * List of Inaugurations
 * List of Elections

Introduction: Getting to Know the US Presidents
Let’s jump right in and get straight to the point, the purpose of this course is to learn the List of US Presidents. Let’s be equally clear that the emphasis is on learning, not memorizing. Sure, someone can certainly list from beginning to end the name and dates for every individual to have ever held the office of President of the United States, a nice parlor trick, but of what value is a list of names without the understanding of their life and times, a knowledge of the events that molded their actions, even as their decisions molded the future? Still, lists have their uses and we will be referring to many often.

A preliminary step to learning the US Presidents, is to identify a few simple mnemonics that will help provide a basic structure for the information. Then we shall examine various historical trends to place the information in context and give a recognizable presence to the individuals that have served this office.

The mnemonics are identified within short lessons that will also allow us to create our own timeline. The lessons are:
 * /Election Years are Leap Years/
 * /Presidential Terms are Four Years/
 * /Vice Presidential Succession/
 * /Selective Memory/

Course Administration

 * /Syllabus/


 * /Worksheets/


 * Assignments
 * Assignment 1. TBD


 * Tests and Quizzes
 * Unit Quiz 1
 * Unit Quiz 2
 * Cumulative Test
 * Unit Quiz 3
 * Unit Quiz 4
 * Cumulative Test
 * Unit Quiz 5
 * Unit Quiz 6
 * Final Exam

The American President By:Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt, Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. Presidents every question answered by Carter Smith
 * Sources

Contact: [NAMLAX@hotmail.com]
 * Questions

Active participants in this Learning Group
 * Active participants
 * Sri-ganesh
 * Atcovi

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