Millard Fillmore Lesson Plans

1. What? No Books in the White House?
What? No Books in the White House? What? No Books in the White House? Abigail Fillmore: First Ladies' Lives Skill: Middle School Time Required: One to two class periods + + -+ Linkable Resources -+ Biography of Abigal Fillmore -+ + + + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 2 Time, Continuity, and Change -+ NCSS Strand 5 Individuals, Groups, and Institutions -+ NCTE Standard 7 Students cond...

2. Presidents of the United States/Language Arts and Social Studies/Grade 5
...ic Description: Students will produce a PowerPoint presentation about the life of a president. Attachment: Rubric (Knowledge, Reasoning, Skills, Products) PowerPoint_rubric.pdf - Rubric Instruction What activities will students engage in to help them perform well on the assessments? Activity 1. Yo, Millard Fillmore! Read the book to the class. (2 hours) Procedure: Teacher explains to the class that they will be learning about the presidents. The class will be responsible for learning the presidents in order from 1-43. Reading the book, Yo, Millard Fillmore! (And all those other Presidents you don't know) by Wi...

3. A Star-Studded Senate: The Compromise of 1850
A Star-Studded Senate: The Compromise of 1850 A Star-Studded Senate: The Compromise of 1850 Abigail Fillmore: Law, Politics and Govt Skill: High School/College Time Required: Two class periods to two weeks, depending on choice of activities + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 6 Power, Authority, and Governance -+ NCSS Strand 10 Civic Ideals and Practices -+ NCTE Standard 3 Students apply a wide range of str...

4. Who Wants an Educated Woman?
Who Wants an Educated Woman? Who Wants an Educated Woman? Abigail Fillmore: Education, Arts, Letters and Ideas Skill: Middle School Time Required: One to two class periods + + -+ Linkable Resources -+ Abigail Fillmore Biography -+ + + + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 2 Time, Continuity, and Change -+ NCSS Strand 3 People, Places, and Environments -+ NCSS Strand 4 Individ...

5. So! You Want to Start Your Own Political Party?
So! You Want to Start Your Own Political Party? So! You Want to Start Your Own Political Party? Abigail Fillmore: Law, Politics and Govt Skill: Middle School Time Required: One to two class periods + + -+ Linkable Resources -+ Timeline: Keyword Third Party -+ + + + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 5 Individuals, Groups, and Institutions -+ NCSS Strand 6 Power, Authority, and Governance -+ NCSS Strand 10 Civic...

6. "No Irish Need Apply..."
...-+ NCTE Standard 7 Students conduct research by generating ideas, questions, and problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data. -+ ISTE Standard 2 Social, ethical, and human issues -+ ISTE Standard 5 Technology research tools -+ + + Introduction: During the 1840s and 1850s, while Abigail and Millard Fillmore were living in Washington, DC and even during Fillmore?s Presidency, Irish immigration to America was flooding the cities of the eastern seaboard. Many Americans were very upset about this immigration, much the way some are upset today about Mexican immigration. Objectives: Students who participate...

7. Lady Lovelace and the Computer
Lady Lovelace and the Computer Lady Lovelace and the Computer Abigail Fillmore: Science, Medicine, Inventions and tech Skill: High School/College Time Required: One to three class periods + + -+ Linkable Resources -+ Personal Computers -+ + + + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 8 Science, Technology, and Society -+ NCTE Standard 7 Students conduct research by generating ideas,...

8. The Play's the Thing. . .or Two
The Play's the Thing. . .or Two The Play's the Thing. . .or Two Abigail Fillmore: First Ladies' Lives Skill: High School/College Time Required: One to three class periods + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 1 Culture -+ NCSS Strand 2 Time, Continuity, and Change -+ NCTE Standard 2 Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding...

9. Who Were They Really, These Presidents?
...canpresidents.org James Buchanan The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jb15.html Presidents of the United States http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/jbuchanan.html Think Quest http://www.thinkquest.org/library/ Virtualology http://www.virtualology.com/uspresidents/jamesbuchanan.net/ Millard Fillmore Welcome to The Amercian Presidency http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=a2010200-h&templatename=/article/ article.html American Presidents: Life Portraits http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp? PresidentNumber=13 Virtualology - Millard Fillmore http://www.millardfillmore.org/ M...

10. Vote for me! A re-election editorial
...guments? How effectively 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, event...