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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: First Ladies' Travels

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out some of the exotic and not-so exotic trips some of the First Ladies of the United States have gone on while their husbands are in office.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: First Lady's Role in Diplomacy

For Students 9th - 10th
A gallery of photographs identifying several of the First Ladies immersing themselves into diplomatic situations.
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Read Works

Read Works: Martha Washington Creates the Role of First Lady

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This essay, borrowed from the full text located at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, provides biographical information about Martha Washington and her role as the First Lady of the...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: First Lady Barbara Bush's Commencement Address at Wellesley College

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "First Lady Barbara Bush's Commencement Address at Wellesley College" by Barbara Bush, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: First Ladies

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational passage contains biographical information about various first ladies throughout the world. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The First Lady's Blog

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow First Lady Michelle Obama as she travels to Jordan as part of the international initiative, Let Girls Learn.
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The White House

The White House: First Lady Michelle Obama

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers detailed information about First Lady Michelle Obama including a biography, up to the minute news, speeches and her initiatives.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: First Lady for the Environment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides information about Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, and the efforts she put forth to preserve the environment. Activities, videos, and book recommendation are included.
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Handout
The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Lady Bird Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the personal life and public career of Claudia Taylor Johnson, more widely known as Lady Bird Johnson, the First Lady of the United States during Lyndon B. Johnson's term as President. Learn about how she met Lyndon Johnson,...
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The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Lou Hoover

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography regarding first lady, Lou Henry Hoover, wife of Herbert Hoover.
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The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Lucretia Rudolph Garfield

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information of First Lady Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, wife of James A. Garfield.
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The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Jacqueline Kennedy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The White House provides a biography of Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994 CE), the former first lady. Learn about her life in the White House and beyond.
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Handout
The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Edith Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site, which is provided for by the White House, you can read a biography of First Lady Edith Wilson, who married the President while he was in office.
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Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Fdr: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Miller Center of Public Affairs gives a detailed biography of the life of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The page also provides links to the biography of her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as well as his Cabinet...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady, Diplomat, and Activist

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, students will explore Eleanor Roosevelt's many national and international contributions. They will learn how Eleanor Roosevelt used her positions as First Lady and United Nations diplomat to ensure that the powerless had...
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Handout
National First Ladies' Library

National First Ladies' Library: Betty Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the story of First Lady Betty Ford also known as Mrs. Gerald Ford. Learn details about her youth, her marriage and family, the White House years, and her later life.
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Handout
National First Ladies' Library

National First Ladies' Library: Nancy Reagan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the story of First Lady Nancy Reagan also known as Mrs. Ronald Reagan. Learn details about her youth, her marriage and family, the White House years, and her later life. Includes links to a bibliography, timeline, and lesson plans.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Claudia 'Lady Bird' Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Claudia Johnson, known as "Lady Brid Johnson" was an environmentalist, businesswoman, political activist, and First Lady.
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Website
National First Ladies' Library

National First Ladies' Library

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is so interesting to click around in! View biographies and pictures of each First Lady and discover interesting facts on them. Be sure to click on Exhibits for special collections of artifacts and information.
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Handout
The White House

The White House: First Ladies' Gallery

For Students 3rd - 5th
Here from The White House you can find out about all of the wives of the presidents. Read about their early years, to their lives as wives of a president, and on to their later lives.
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The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Eleanor Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her political work and accomplishments are discussed.
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Handout
The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Barbara Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
From the official website of The White House, a brief biography of Barbara Bush.
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Handout
The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Grace Coolidge

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of the wife of Calvin Coolidge, Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge. Discusses her life and influential role in Calvin's politics.
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Handout
The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Martha Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Martha Jefferson, who died in 1782, many years before Thomas Jefferson became president is given here.

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