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Homeschool/Education Freebies: Presidents Day Links, Unit Studies, Ebooks, Lessons, Coloring Pages And More!

Free Resources For Presidents Day

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First, from Homeschool Freebie of the Day:

Great Resources for President’s Day! –Want some really, really neat resources to find out more about George Washington & Abraham Lincoln? How about a free PDF teacher’s guide… timelines… dozens of stories and articles… a virtual tour of Mount Vernon and Washington’s personal papers… poetry by and about Lincoln… and LOTS more? Then check out today’s collection of some of the best links you’ll ever find about these two founding fathers of the US of A.

plus…

Childhood Stories of Washington & Lincoln (PDF ebook) –A nice collection of short stories about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln when they were boys, digitized by Ann Tatum. Great for read-aloud and discussion!

 

EasyFunSchool has a collection of mini-unit studies:

United States Presidents Unit Studies –Individual mini-units on 40 of our U.S. presidents. Brief biographies, trivia questions and links to online resources, lessons, crafts and activities.

 

Free Presidents Day printables and craft ideas from Homeschool Helper:

President’s Day Ideas for Homeschoolers –Links to a George Washington Lapbook, Abe Lincoln Unit Study, The American President Unit Study, worksheets, coloring pages and crafts.

 

Simple Homeschool has a free unit study on George Washington:

George Washington: Leader of the Revolution –Printable unit study with interactive questions and activities.

 

Free worksheets and coloring pages are available at TLSBooks.com:

President’s Day Worksheets and Coloring Pages –Presidents coloring book, 2 George Washington coloring pages and Presidents Day stationary.

Lesson plan links can be found at The Lesson Plans Page:

Presidents Day Lessons and Teacher Resources –Links to lesson plans for all grade levels.

 

HomeschoolPatriot.com has some free printables:

HomeschoolPatriot: Freebies –Includes a free ebook of George Washington’s 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior, a Presidents Day quiz, a George Washington word find and more American History printables.

 

If that’s not enough, check out some of my previous posts for more Presidents Day freebies:

 

Happy Presidents Day

Blessings,

Denese

 

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

Homeschool/Education Resource: Free And Low-Cost Old Time Radio Shows For Presidents Day

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“Mr. President” was an old time radio show that aired in the 40’s and 50’s about events in the every day life of American presidents. To challenge listeners, the identity of the President in each episode was not made known until the end of the show.

The Internet Archive has quite a few episodes of “Mr. President” available as free MP3 downloads:

Old Time Radio Programs, Mister President –Download individual episodes of approximately 7mb each, or the whole collection of 29 episodes, which is 54mb.

(If you have slow internet service, a download manager is very helpful. I use the free Orbit Downloader to schedule large and multiple files for downloading overnight.)

Don’t have time to download all those shows? Would you like more episodes? Check out OTRCat.com:

Old Time Radio Catalog: Mr. President –CD of 75 episodes of  “Mr. President” in MP3 format, only $5 plus shipping. Must be played in a computer or special MP3 player device.

 

These would make wonderful supplements to your American History studies –and a great resource for your “audio learners”.

 

Blessings,

Denese

 

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

Remembering Abraham Lincoln On His Birthday

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord’s side.

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809 in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He became the 16th President of the United States on March 4th, 1861 and was re-elected in 1864. On April 14th, 1865, President Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington DC. He died the next day –April 15th, 1865.

Did you know:

  • Abraham Lincoln had less than a year of formal schooling.
  • By the time Lincoln was 17, he knew he wanted to be a lawyer and would walk 17 miles so he could watch the lawyers work at the county courthouse.
  • In addition to becoming a lawyer, he also worked on a farm, and was a shopkeeper, postmaster and surveyor.
  • Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president to have received a U.S. patent.

Want to learn more about President Lincoln?

Websites And Free Educational Resources About Abraham Lincoln

 

Blessings,

Denese

 

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

Remembering President Ronald Reagan On His Birthday

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Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.

 

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 2011 in Tampico Illinois and became America’s 40th president on January 20, 1981. He died on June 5, 2004 at the age of 93.

Did you know?

  • In college, Ronald Reagan served tables and washed dishes in exchange for his meals.
  • In addition to being an actor, he was also a construction worker, lifeguard and sports announcer.
  • At age 69, Ronald Reagan was the oldest elected President.
  • He was the first president to have been divorced.
  • He was longest living president.
  • He appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court -Sandra Day O’Connor.

President Reagan Swearing-in Ceremony 1985 

Would you like to learn more about President Reagan?

Websites And Free Educational Resources About President Reagan

 

 

Blessings,

Denese

 

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

First Thanksgiving Proclamation Of The United States

1777 Continental Congress First National Proclamation of Thanksgiving

November 1, 1777
FORASMUCH as it is the indispensable Duty of all Men to adore the superintending Providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with Gratitude their Obligation to him for Benefits received, and to implore such farther Blessings as they stand in Need of: And it having pleased him in his abundant Mercy, not only to continue to us the innumerable Bounties of his common Providence; but also to smile upon us in the Prosecution of a just and necessary War, for the Defense and Establishment of our unalienable Rights and Liberties; particularly in that he hath been pleased, in so great a Measure, to prosper the Means used for the Support of our Troops, and to crown our Arms with most signal success:
It is therefore recommended to the legislative or executive Powers of these UNITED STATES to set apart THURSDAY, the eighteenth Day of December next, for SOLEMN THANKSGIVING and PRAISE: That at one Time and with one Voice, the good People may express the grateful Feelings of their Hearts, and consecrate themselves to the Service of their Divine Benefactor; and that, together with their sincere Acknowledgments and Offerings, they may join the penitent Confession of their manifold Sins, whereby they had forfeited every Favor; and their humble and earnest Supplication that it may please GOD through the Merits of JESUS CHRIST, mercifully to forgive and blot them out of Remembrance; That it may please him graciously to afford his Blessing on the Governments of these States respectively, and prosper the public Council of the whole: To inspire our Commanders, both by Land and Sea, and all under them, with that Wisdom and Fortitude which may render them fit Instruments, under the Providence of Almighty GOD, to secure for these United States, the greatest of all human Blessings, INDEPENDENCE and PEACE: That it may please him, to prosper the Trade and Manufactures of the People, and the Labor of the Husbandman, that our Land may yield its Increase: To take Schools and Seminaries of Education, so necessary for cultivating the Principles of true Liberty, Virtue and Piety, under his nurturing Hand; and to prosper the Means of Religion, for the promotion and enlargement of that Kingdom, which consisteth "in Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost."
And it is further recommended, That servile Labor, and such Recreation, as, though at other Times innocent, may be unbecoming the Purpose of this Appointment, be omitted on so solemn an Occasion.

More Free Thanksgiving Audio

littlepilgrimsepia Thanksgiving Poems, Music and Stories

“Poems of Thanksgiving” and “Land of the Pilgrims Pride” are this week’s programs from Homeschool Radio Shows.

Music For Thanksgiving is a nice little collection of hymns and classic folk songs in midi format.

More Thanksgiving music can be found at The Holiday Spot’s Free Thanksgiving Music page (these are also midi files).

At The Story Home, you can download an audio of Thanksgiving On Grandfather’s Farm –a short story by Maud Lindsay from “More Mother Stories”.  (I haven’t listened to this one yet.)

Some Thanksgiving History

Listen to America’s Thanksgiving Proclamations of the past and be thankful!

Go to FreeAudio.org’s Thanksgiving page, download the free mp3s and listen to “Governor William Bradford’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1623”, “President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789” and “President Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863”.

One last thing…

If you haven’t downloaded them already, Homeschool Freebie of the Day has left several of their Thanksgiving resources up this week including Let’s Sing About Thanksgiving + More!

 

Blessings,

Denese

 

If you have slow internet service, a download manager is very helpful. I use the free Orbit Downloader to schedule large and multiple files for downloading overnight.

Free EBook: Are Public Schools an Option for Christian Kids?

Should Christians send their children to public schools?

“Learn about how the public school system began, and by whom. What was the original intent of this system? As a Christian parent, can you confidently make the decision to place your child in the public school environment day after day, year after year?
What is being taught there?
What is the national drop-out rate?
Is God being honored . . . respected . . . lifted up?

Become informed, forearmed, and forewarned about placing your child in the public school system when you read . . .
Are Public Schools an Option for Christian Kids? By d’Escoto, Harper, Marcum, and Suarez”

This ebook is free from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine but I don’t know how long it will be available, so download it while you can.

 

Additional reading:

Underground History of American Education –written by John Taylor Gatto, a former New York State Teacher Of The Year. Read free online.

Deliberate Dumbing Down of America (free pdf) –by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, former Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Dept. of Education.

Legally Stupid: Thousands are functionally illiterate 

The Blumenfeld Education Letter –the basis of Samuel L. Blumenfeld’s book “The Whole Language/OBE Fraud”.

NEA General Counsel: It is not because we care about children

NEA strays from education agenda

14 Percent of U.S. Adults Can’t Read

 

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

Blessings,

Denese

 

More Homeschool/Education Freebies For This Week

President Lincoln Audio

Young Mr. Lincoln & the Murder Trial –an old radio play about young Abraham Lincoln focusing on Lincoln’s famous defense of two brothers accused of murder, in which a certain little book provides a vital clue in the trial. Henry Fonda plays Lincoln in this episode of Great Scenes from Great Plays from the late 1940s. Mp3 format.

This program is available until Tuesday, July 21 from Homeschool Radio Shows.

 

Colonial Times Unit

History Scribe: Colonial Times –colonial history units for elementary and middle grades. Hands-on, writing, drawing, reproducibles. Pdf ebook format.

Monthly freebie for July from Westvon Publishing.

While you’re there, be sure and check out Westvon’s freebie page for a free clip art collection plus samplers and articles on: history, planning, unit study help, rocks and minerals, journaling and lapbooking.

 

All About Hot Dogs

Hot Diggity Dog Project Pack –learn all about the lowly hot dog with this complete hands-on unit. Pdf ebook format.

Semi-annual freebie from Hands Of A Child.

Neat Hot Dog Websites

New Freebies From Currclick

There are several new freebies at Currclick, including:

 
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Blessings,

Denese

Free Fourth Of July Old Time Radio Shows

Fourth of July Old Time Radio Shows –4 free MP3 downloads of old time radio Fourth of July episodes, from OTRCat.com.

  • You Are There: “July 4th, 1776 Philadelphia” from March 21, 1948
  • Calling All Cars: “July Fourth in a Radio Car" from July 4, 1934
  • Meet The Meeks: "Planning a Company Picnic " from July 3, 1948
  • Our Miss Brooks: "July 4th Trip to Eagle Springs" from July 3, 1949

Adventure Ahead:  “A Tooth For Paul Revere”  -originally aired on September 9, 1944. Free MP3 download from Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod.

The Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere –free MP3 download from The Internet Archive  (scroll down).

Journeys Into American History

Free MP3 downloads of four classic shows about events of 1776, from Journeys Into American History Podcasts.

 

Related Posts:

 

Happy listening,

Denese

 

More Fourth Of July Homeschooling/Educational Freebies

You Are There: Philadelphia, July 4th, 1776 and The Great Gildersleeve’s Old Fashioned 4th of July –two classic radio show episodes, MP3 format, available through Monday, July 8.  Homeschool Radio Shows

SqoolTube Videos: American Revolution –Schoolhouse Rock videos about the Revolutionary War and America’s Independence. SqoolTube

4th of July Montessori Unit Study –complete online unit study with links to articles, hands-on activities and other exercises. American Montessori Consulting

Memorial Day and 4th of July Holiday Craft Activity and History Lesson -"Waving Wands" craft activity and background information for a holiday lesson plan. FunLessonPlans.com

Fourth of July Ideas for Homeschoolers –The American Flag and The American Revolution mini-unit studies, coloring pages, worksheets, notebooking pages, activity links and library list. Homeschool Helper

Fourth Of July Lapbook –mini-books, printables and links to more resources. Lapbook Lessons

Fourth Of July Lapbook –free PDF ebook includes over 2 dozen printables about the Fourth Of July. Kingdom Kidz

Colonial Currency –history and examples of American colonial currency. University of Notre Dame Libraries: Department of Special Collections

The Betsy Ross Homepage –learn all about Betsy Ross and the American Flag. The story of Betsy’s life, virtual tour of Betsy’s house, gallery of the American Flag through history, facts, trivia, timeline, quotes and directions on how to cut a 5 pointed star in one snip. USHistory.org

Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents –includes timeline of events and scanned images of the original documents. Library Of Congress

The Price They Paid –learn what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. American Heritage Library

Fourth Of July Celebrations Database -history of how the Fourth was designated a holiday, the first Fourth of July celebrations and Fourth of July celebrations that have occurred throughout our nation’s history, from 1776 to the present. James Heintze, Librarian at American University

The Charters Of Freedom –learn about and read The Declaration Of Independence, The Constitution Of The United States and The Bill Of Rights. National Archives

Independence Day –learn the history of the Fourth of July. Includes July Fourth video gallery and maps of early America. History.com

Independence Day Lesson Plans from National Parks Service: Teaching With Historic Places –9 lesson plans related to America’s battle for independence, the creation of our nation, and other lessons with related Independence Day themes. These lessons are based on sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Related posts:

 

Blessings,

Denese

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