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The Our White House Inauguration Celebration Kit for Kids! Lesson PlanThe Our White House Inauguration Celebration Kit for Kids! Lesson Plan
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The Our White House Inauguration Celebration Kit for Kids!

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Get the youngest American citizens involved in the presidential election and inauguration with a set of social studies activities. Focusing on the history of presidential inauguration ceremonies, learners draft their own poems, design parade floats, and host an inaugural ball.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

presidential inaugurations, the white house, american democracy, presidential elections, united states presidents

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the ideas and lessons as they pertain to your social studies curriculum
  • Include the resource in an inauguration year after focusing on a presidential election

Classroom Considerations

  • Focuses on the 2016 election, including details of the Trump administrations and the outgoing Obama administration

Pros

  • Each activity includes extension options and online sources
  • Features projects that employ artistic skills, research opportunities, and reading exercises
  • An interactive version of the lesson is available on the publisher's website

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.3

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