Loc: Presidents as Poets: James Madison

Madison was there! Scholars go on a journey to discover the person behind the founding father label as they explore James Madison's role in the formation of the United States government. The culmination is a writing assignment and...

How much power is too much power for the federal government? Scholars use primary documents and constitutional research in groups to analyze the creation of the Second National Bank under James Madison. This is the second lesson of a...

To war! To war! Every nation in the history of the world has had to deal with warfare on some level. Scholars go through a series of activities and discussions surrounding the development of the Constitution to help them better...

A rarely seen glimpse of President George Washington's poems written when he was a young teenage boy. Includes original manuscripts of his two poems.

A brief biography of the professional career of President James Madison. Discover details about the era during his presidency, domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics.

An overview of President Jimmy Carter's work as a poet. Includes summary and a link to a video with a reading of one of his poems.

Insight into the life of President John Quincy Adams as a reader and writer of poetry. Includes quotes from some of his poems.

Insight into the private poems by President John Tyler. With quotes of his works and a link to an original transcript.

Insight into the appreciation of poetry by President Thomas Jefferson. Includes a transcript of his poem entitled, "To Ellen".

A collection of letters, personal notes, and correspondences by James Madison. The documents date from 1723 to 1836 and describe the life as the man came to be known as the "Father of the Constitution",