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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 18. Ulysses S. Grant

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography featuring the professional life of President Ulysses S. Grant. Identify details of his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics as well as events during the era of Grant's administration.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography of Rutherford B. Hayes highlighting his professional life. Discover particulars about his domestic policy, foreign affairs, presidential politics as well as identify what events were taking place during his term.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 21. Chester Alan Arthur

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography featuring the professional life of President Chester Alan Arthur. Identify the events during his administration, his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Horace Greeley

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of writer-politician-publisher Horace Greeley.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 22/24. Grover Cleveland

For Students 9th - 10th
A professional profile of President Grover Cleveland. Note Cleveland's domestic policy, foreign affairs, presidential politics, and what was going on in the nation during his administrations.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 23. Benjamin Harrison

For Students 9th - 10th
A professional profile of President Benjamin Harrison. Harrison's domestic policy, foreign affairs, presidential politics and a list of events occurring during his administration are featured.
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Kids' Wings

Texas Bluebonnet Books: "So You Want to Be President"

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of websites to refer to regarding the presidents. These websites will enhance your study of this book with presidential biographies, anecdotes, inaugural addresses and more!
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Other

George H W Bush Presidential Library and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the homepage of the George Bush Presidential Library. From this page, you can access a biography, photos, and library exhibits on George Herbert Walker Bush.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Elections 1896 & 1900: Interactive Map: Biography of America

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive map and video from A Biography of America will help compare how key issues in the elections of 1896 and 1900 influenced geographical patterns in both presidential and congressional election results. Although the...
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Other

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum: Betty Ford Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum, read a comprehensive biography of Betty Bloomer Ford.
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Harp Week

Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: Grover Cleveland

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography from Harp Week's extensive website about presidential elections of Grover Cleveland, outlining his tenure as governor of New York, and his two non-consecutive terms as president.
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Presidential Log Cabins: Ulysses S. Grant, Hero of the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger biography of presidents is this article which focuses on Ulysses S. Grant in his role as general in the Civil War.
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Website
The History Place

The History Place: Presidential Impeachment Proceedings

For Students 9th - 10th
The History Place is an excellent site to research President Clinton's Impeachment. A brief biography of Clinton, events leading up to the impeachment, articles of impeachment, and the consequences.
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Handout
US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Richard Olney (1835 1917)

For Students 9th - 10th
Short bio of Richard Olney who served as Secretary of State for approximately 2 years under President Grover Cleveland and ran for the Democratic presidential nominee in 1904.
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Website
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you wanted to know and more about Harry S. Truman, from biographical information to love letters.
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

For Students 9th - 10th
This bigraphy details the life of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney from his childhood to his time as a lawyer and politician, particularly his time as ambassador to France.
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Handout
Harp Week

Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: 1888 Harrison v. Cleveland Biographies

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the biographies of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the election of 1888.
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Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: John Calvin Coolidge

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify the steps to John Calvin Coolidge's (1872-1933 CE) successes and defeats. Explore AmericanPresident.org for biographical information on President Coolidge.
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Website
A&E Television

History.com: American Presidents: Harry S. Truman

For Students 9th - 10th
This easy-to-navigate site has Harry Truman's biography, events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, and several video clips.
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Website
A&E Television

History.com: American Presidents: Calvin Coolidge

For Students 9th - 10th
This easy-to-navigate site has Calvin Coolidge's biography, events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, and several video clips.
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Website
A&E Television

History.com: American Presidents: John Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
This easy-to-navigate site has John Adams' biography, a timeline detailing some of the significant events in his life, an image gallery, and several video clips.
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Website
A&E Television

History.com: American Presidents: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
This easy-to-navigate site has Jimmy Carter's biography, events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, several videos of speeches made during his career, and more.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Lives of the Presidents of the United States by Helen Pierson

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Lives of the Presidents of the United States by Helen W. Pierson (c1894). This book provides short illustrated biographies of the U.S. Presidents from George...
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A&E Television

History.com: American Presidents: Herbert Hoover

For Students 9th - 10th
This easy-to-navigate site has Hoover's biography, events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, and several video clips.