Grover Cleveland Lesson Plans

1. "For Better or For Worse": White House Weddings
"For Better or For Worse": White House Weddings "For Better or For Worse": White House Weddings Frances Cleveland: First Ladies' Lives Skill: Middle School Time Required: One week + + -+ Linkable Resources -+ Timeline: KW = White House Wedding -+ + + + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 1 Culture -+ NCSS Strand 3 People, Places, and Environments -+ NCSS Strand 5 Individuals, Groups, and Institutions -+ NCTE Stan...

2. "For He's Going to Marry Yum Yum": The Rise of the Operetta
"For He's Going to Marry Yum Yum": The Rise of the Operetta "For He's Going to Marry Yum Yum": The Rise of the Operetta Frances Cleveland: Education, Arts, Letters and Ideas Skill: High School/College Time Required: Two weeks + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ ISTE Standard 5 Technology research tools -+ NCSS Strand 1 Culture -+ NCSS Strand 2 Time, Continuity, and Change -+ NCSS Strand 3 People, Places, and Environments -+ NCTE Standard 6 Studen...

3. Iced Tea, Ice Cream Cones, and Other World's Fair Wonders
Iced Tea, Ice Cream Cones, and Other World's Fair Wonders Iced Tea, Ice Cream Cones, and Other World's Fair Wonders Frances Cleveland: Economics, Discovery and Daily Life Skill: High School/College Time Required: One week + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 1 Culture -+ NCSS Strand 3 People, Places, and Environments -+ NCSS Strand 8 Science, Technology, and Society -+ NCTE Standard 7 Students conduct research by generating ideas,...

4. Redecorating the White House: An Ongoing Project
Redecorating the White House: An Ongoing Project Redecorating the White House: An Ongoing Project Frances Cleveland: First Ladies' Lives Skill: High School/College Time Required: One week + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 1 Culture -+ NCSS Strand 2 Time, Continuity, and Change -+ NCSS Strand 3 People, Places, and Environments -+ NCTE Standard 7 Students conduct research by generating ideas, questions, and probl...

5. Who Was the Oldest First Lady? The Youngest?
Who Was the Oldest First Lady? The Youngest? Who Was the Oldest First Lady? The Youngest? Frances Cleveland: First Ladies' Lives Skill: Elementary School Time Required: Three to four class periods + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 2 Time, Continuity, and Change -+ NCSS Strand 3 People, Places, and Environments -+ NCSS Strand 6 Power, Authority, and Governance -+ NCSS Strand 10 Civic Ideals and Practices...

6. Capital Monuments: Exploring Washington, DC
Capital Monuments: Exploring Washington, DC Capital Monuments: Exploring Washington, DC Frances Cleveland: Law, Politics and Govt Skill: Elementary School Time Required: Two to three class periods + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 1 Culture -+ NCSS Strand 3 People, Places, and Environments -+ NCSS Strand 10 Civic Ideals and Practices -+ NCTE Standard 8 Students use a variety of technology and informat...

7. Money Figure Research Lesson
...ill Ulysses Grant: $50 Dollar Bill Benjamin Franklin: $100 Dollar Bill The students will also choose two of the following figures found on coins and bills out of circulation to research from this list: Dwight Eisenhower: Silver Dollar Susan B. Anthony: Dollar Coin William McKinley: $500 Dollar Bill Grover Cleveland: $1,000 Dollar Bill James Madison: $5,000 Dollar Bill Salmon Chase: $10,000 Dollar Bill Woodrow Wilson: $100,000 Dollar Bill Closure/Modifications: Students will hand in their completed research sheets after the lesson is concluded. The number of figures and facts that are to be researched can be al...

8. "Lockwood for President!" Belva Ann, Who?
"Lockwood for President!" Belva Ann, Who? "Lockwood for President!" Belva Ann, Who? Frances Cleveland: Law, Politics and Govt Skill: Middle School Time Required: One week + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 1 Culture -+ NCSS Strand 2 Time, Continuity, and Change -+ NCSS Strand 3 People, Places, and Environments -+ NCSS Strand 10 Civic Ideals and Practices -+ NCTE Standard 5 Students use a wide range...

9. What Might Have Been: Alternative Presidential Histories
...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 lesion from his jaw. Woodrow Wilson was disabled by a stroke while in office and continued to serve as the president; Franklin D. Roosevelt was disabled by polio and ran for his fourth term at a time when doctors knew he was dying. In this lesson students wi...

10. Stories from the Thousand and One Nights
Stories from the Thousand and One Nights Stories from the Thousand and One Nights Frances Cleveland: Education, Arts, Letters and Ideas Skill: Elementary School Time Required: Two weeks to a semester + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 1 Culture -+ NCSS Strand 3 People, Places, and Environments -+ NCSS Strand 9 Global Connections -+ NCTE Standard 1 Students read fiction, nonfiction, classic, and c...