Chester A. Arthur Lesson Plans

1. The "Bright's Disease" that Took the Life of the First Lady
...logy productivity tools -+ ISTE Standard 5 Technology research tools -+ + + Introduction: Bright?s disease, a serious kidney disease, was common during Ellen Wilson?s lifetime. Unfortunately, Ellen Wilson died of this disease in 1914, during her husband?s first term as President, as did President Arthur in 1886. This lesson will investigate several medical elements of the early 1900?s including the current state of medical knowledge, and morbidity and mortality concerning Bright?s disease. Objectives: Students will learn the anatomy and physiology of the kidney. Students will research Bright?s disease and...

2. Vote for me! A re-election editorial
...ely did the student put him or herself in the proper historical time? How well did he or she write for an audience of that time? Some Presidents will be harder to argue for/against than others. A student who gets Franklin Roosevelt or Richard Nixon will have a lot to work with; Millard Fillmore and Chester Arthur don?t provide as much. (Hint: Arthur is best known for cleaning out the White House attic.) A student writing about a do-nothing president will deserve some slack in the grading process; you may want to steer such a student away from the president himself toward the economy, events, and culture of t...

3. What Might Have Been: Alternative Presidential Histories
...and 12 medications a day to ease his pain, including Codeine, Demerol and injections of cortisone and Novocain. Though perhaps no other U.S president suffered with chronic pain to the degree that President Kennedy did, he was not the only president to have health problems hidden from the public. Chester Arthur (1881-1885) suffered from Bright?s disease; Warren Harding had heart disease. Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack, a stroke and surgery for Crohn?s disease all while serving in office as the U.S. president. On a private yacht, Grover Cleveland had two surgeries to remove a cancerous lesio...

4. Red Crescent/Red Cross
...rrival back in the United States she set about establishing the American Red Cross. She encountered resistance, primarily because few Americans thought that the United States would ever encounter a war again like the Civil War. 7. Barton eventually succeed in her efforts with the help of President Chester Arthur 8. Barton led the first American Red Cross relief effort of the Great Fire of 1881 in Michigan. 9. She continued to lead relief efforts until the age of 85. 10. In 1991 the organization changed its name to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 11. In 1965 adopted...

5. George Washington: The Living Symbol
...Washington's role in American culture, as both a historical individual and as a national symbol. What do we represent with his image? What do we commemorate with his name? 2 ??Have students read two of the Washington documents in the American Memory collection: his September 11, 1777 dispatch from Chester, Pennsylvania, reporting his defeat at the Battle of Brandywine Creek to the Continental Congress in nearby Philadelphia (found in the "Documents of the Continental Congress" collection); and his First Inaugural Address, delivered in New York City in 1789 (found in the "Words and Deeds" collection, where i...

6. Scandals, Gossip, and the American Presidency
...xican American War James Polk Corrupt Cabinet Zachary Taylor Ostend Manifesto Franklin Pierce Old Clothes Scandal Abraham Lincoln Reconstruction Andrew Johnson Credit Mobilier Ulysses Grant Whiskey Ring Ulysses Grant His Fraudulency Rutherford Hayes Credit Mobilier James A Garfield Machine Politics Chester Arthur Illegitimate Child Grover Cleveland Campaign Finance Theodore Roosevelt Ballinger-Pinchot William Taft Petticoat Government Woodrow Wilson Teapot Dome Warren Harding Lou Hoover and Mrs. DePreist Herbert Hoover Eleanor Roosevelt and Civil Rights Franklin Roosevelt Francis Gary Powers Dwight Eisenhowe...

7. Stepping Into Government
...aching situation and student needs. His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales The Prince of Wales is eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is heir apparent to the throne. The Prince was born at Buckingham Palace on November 14, 1948. He was christened Charles Philip Arthur George. The Prince was named Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester in 1958. In 1968, The Prince of Wales was installed as a Knight of the Garter. The Duke of Rothesay (as he is known in Scotland) was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1977. The Prince of Wales takes a keen and active interest in all areas o...

8. Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Character
...most every culture seems to have its own version, and every storyteller his or her tale. Charles Perrault is believed to be the author, in the 1690s, of our "modern" 300-year-old Cinderella, the French Cendrillon. Famous children's writers and illustrators have interpreted Art Cinderella, including Arthur Rackham, Marcia Brown (her version and Culture won the Caldecott Medal in 1955), Nonny Hogrogian, Paul Galdone, and Amy Ehrlich. Most renderings of the story include an evil stepmother and stepsister(s), a dead mother, a dead or ineffective father, some sort of gathering such as a ball or festival, mutual a...

9. Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Plot and Setting
..." Almost every culture seems to have its own version, and every storyteller his or her tale. Charles Perrault is believed to be the author, in the 1690s, of our "modern" 300-year-old Cinderella, the French Cendrillon. Famous children's writers and illustrators have interpreted Cinderella, including Arthur Rackham, Marcia Brown (her version won the Caldecott Medal in 1955), Nonny Hogrogian, Paul Galdone, and Amy Ehrlich. Most renderings of the story include an evil Art stepmother and stepsister(s), a dead mother, a dead or and Culture ineffective father, some sort of gathering such as a ball or festival, mutu...

10. Olsen.Html
.... The book has a picture of the family tree to refer to when reading the story. Cutler, Jane, Darcy and Gran Don t Like Babies. Scholastic, Inc., 1993. Darcy doesn t like her new baby brother. Gran helps her decide that deep down she does like him and was a lot like him when she was a baby. Dorros, Arthur, Abuela. Dutton Children s Books, 1991. A girl and her grandma take a "flying trip" over the city and talk about when grandma first came to the country. The story has many Spanish phrases in it. Flournoy, Valerie, The Patchwork Quilt. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1985. Tanya leans from her grandmother how...