Zachary Taylor Lesson Plans

1. Portraits of Power: American Presidents
...vide students into small groups and explain that they will discuss the role of the presidency as portrayed in the program. Suggest that they start the discussion by answering the following questions: + What actions did each of the presidents discussed in the segment-Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Zachary Taylor, and Richard Nixon-take that provoked strong responses from individuals? + What do the actions of these individuals tell you about the relationship between some members of the public and the presidency? + Based on what you saw in the segment, has the role of president changed since George Washington...

2. American Presidents: Life Portraits
...me as president, including states that entered the union, cultural trends, and scientific discoveries. Use visual aids, such as a license plate from states, maps showing the expansion of the country, pictures showing contemporary styles. Characteristics: These are fun facts' of the presidents, i.e. Zachary Taylor death after consuming cold milk and cherries; J.Q. Adams swimming naked in the Potomac and his secret whispering spot; or Andrew Jackson escaping assassination attempts, not to mention marrying a woman who was not yet divorced. Accomplishments: Offices attained and other accomplishments prior to the...

3. Who Were They Really, These Presidents?
...ic Library - James Knox Polk http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/jkpolk.html Welcome to The Amercian Presidency http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=a2023630-h&templatename=/article/ article.html The White House http://www.whitehouse.org Biography Part I - James K. Polk http://www.jameskpolk.com/bio.html Zachary Taylor American Presidents http://americanpresidents.org Presidents of the United States http://www.ipl.org Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/mt12.html President Zachary Taylor and the Laboratory http://www.ornl.gov Zachary Taylor the 12th President http://www.whit...

4. Show Me Courts
...pful to students: www.law.cornell.edu, www.findlaw.com and www.oyez.org.) The answers to the quiz are: 1. George Washington appointed the most Justices 3 Chief Justices and 8 Associate Justices. 2. Marbury v. Madison(1803) 3. The four presidents who made no appointments were William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. William Henry Harrison only served one month before dying of pneumonia contracted on his Inaugural Day. Jimmy Carter is t he only one of the four whom served a full term. Zachary Taylor and Andrew Johnson succeeded presidents who died in office Taylor succeeded Wil...

5. Scandals, Gossip, and the American Presidency
...eir presidency. Divide the presidential scandals equally among the students in the class. Scandal President XYZ Correspondence John Adams Bigamy Andrew Jackson Sally Hemmings Thomas Jefferson Ellen Randolph Martin Van Buren Julia Gardiner John Tyler Mexican 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 F...

6. What Might Have Been: Alternative Presidential Histories
...death prior to or during office. Some of these presidents survived their brush with death; some did not. Evenly distribute this list of presidents among students in the class. George Washington (1789-1797) Pneumonia Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) Internal bleeding William Harrison (1841) Pneumonia Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) Cholera morbus Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Assassinated James Garfield (1881) Assassinated Chester Arthur (1881-1885) Bright's disease Grover Cleveland (1885-1889, 1893-1897) Cancer surgery William McKinley (1897-1901) Assassinated Theodore Roosevelt (1901-09) Assassination attempt Woodr...