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Book SynopsisIn Little Known Facts about the U. S. Presidents, Jane Flinn, tests your knowledge about some of the most powerful men in historyand some of the most colorful. Written for all ages in an educational and entertaining style, Little Known Facts about the U. S. Presidents sheds a different light on the life and times of the most famous U. S. presidents as well as those who have been given short shrift in the history books despite their contributions to the building of a great nation. The multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions challenge readers to dig deeper into the annals of history and discover what they knowand what they don't knowabout the men who have lead our country and the mark theyand the women who have stood beside themhave left.
Trade ReviewLittle Known Facts About the U.S. Presidents is a great resource when students work independently, in pairs, or in small groups. This, in turn, provides opportunities to develop skills for independent learning, cooperative learning, and leadership as students take turns directing the group activities. -- Norma Jean Kissner, retired middle school teacher and elementary school tutor
Little Known Facts About the U.S. Presidents is useful for introducing younger students to the U.S. Presidents. The teacher can begin by displaying a photograph of one of the Presidents and a “fact of the day” related to the President. Once the students have learned some of these facts, the trivia games can begin. -- Gail Voyles, elementary school teacher
Little Known Facts About the U.S. Presidents is a clever tool for increasing the interest of middle school students in U.S. history. -- Kristine Fojtik, middle school administrator
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. George Washington 2. John Adams 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. James Madison 5. James Monroe 6. John Quincy Adams 7. Andrew Jackson 8. Martin Van Buren 9. William Henry Harrison 10. John Tyler 11. James Knox Polk 12. Zachary Taylor 13. Millard Fillmore 14. Franklin Pierce 15. James Buchanan 16. Abraham Lincoln 17. Andrew Johnson 18. Ulysses Simpson Grant 19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes 20. James Abram Garfield 21. Chester Alan Arthur 22. Grover Cleveland 23. Benjamin Harrison 24. Grover Cleveland 25. William McKinley 26. Theodore Roosevelt 27. William Howard Taft 28. Woodrow Wilson 29. Warren Gamaliel Harding 30. Calvin Coolidge, Jr. 31. Herbert Clark Hoover 32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 33. Harry S. Truman 34. Dwight David Eisenhower 35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy 36. Lyndon Baines Johnson 37. Richard Milhous Nixon 38. Gerald Rudolph Ford 39. James Earl Carter, Jr. 40. Ronald Wilson Reagan 41. George Herbert Walker Bush 42. William Jefferson Clinton 43. George Walker Bush 44. Barack Hussein Obama II About the Author
