Facts :

• The 10 Most Absurd-Sounding Gifts President Obama Got in 2009 (curbed.com)
  See The Federal Register (state.gov)

• White House Floor Plan (solcomhouse.com)

  

• The Top Secret Network of Government and its Contractors - interactive
  45 government organisations in Top Secret America - A Washington Post Investigation
  "Top Secret America" is a project nearly two years in the making that describes the huge national security buildup in the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks."
  (projects.washingtonpost.com)

  

• The Virtual White House tour - interactive
  "allows you to step inside and see some of the home's most famous rooms and their vibrant history, along with great works of art other items
  from the White House Collection."
  (pbs.org)

  

• The White House - The official White House channel on Facebook.
  (facebook.com)

  
  
  

• The White House - The Official Channel of the White House on YouTube.
  (youtube.com)

• The White House on Twitter
  "Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question:
  What are you doing? Join today to start receiving whitehouse's tweets."
  (twitter.com)

• The Constitution For Kids - with three levels of explanations
  (usconstitution.net)

• HippoCampus
  brings "high-quality multimedia content provided by top educators"
  Subjects :
  American Government - Biology - Environmental Science - Religion - US History...
  (hippocampus.org)

  

• POTUS : Presidents of the United States
  "In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.
  Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included."
  (The Internet Public Library)

• Congress for Kids (congressforkids.net)
  
  

• Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government (ulib.iupui.edu)

• Ben's Guide to the US Government pour tous niveaux. (bensguide.gpo.gov)
  
  

• Welcome to the White House for Kids .
  Les élèves apprécieront "White House tours" et "Pets in the White House". (whitehouse.gov)
  
  
  
  
  

• Le gouvernement américain expliqué aux jeunes :
  the White House, the Capitol, the Supreme Court and the State Government (teengov.org)
  
  

• FirstGov - access to more than 20,000 U.S. government Web sites
  
  

• The Pledge Of Allegiance (texte) - (teach-nology)

• Commentary on the Pledge of Allegiance -
  "As a schoolboy, one of Red Skelton's teachers explained the words and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to his class." (ncoer.com)

• Pledge of Allegiance - a lesson plan (hubbardscupboard)
  
  

• Listen to the Pledge of Allegiance (texaspolicecentral)

• President for a day !
  "When visiting this site, students will have the opportunity to role play a virtual day in the life of a United States president." (pbskids.org)

• Glossary :
  "Hyper-linked definitions of CongressLink-hosted terms relating to the Constitution and to Congress."

PowerPoint Presentations :

• American History - PowerPoint Presentations (pppst.com)
  Explorers - Civil War - Government -
  Native Americans - Industrial/Immigration - Geography -
  Colonial Times - Great Depression - Patriotic Symbols -
  Revolutionary War - Civil Rights - Multicultural -
  Western Expansion - World Wars - Many More

Listening :

• Voices Of The Presidents (archer2000.tripod.com)

Activities :

• Democracy Kids - interactive (democracykids.org)

  

   

• US Government Questions Test - interactive (english-test.net)

• Government in the United States - a quiz (5 questions) - (mrsbogucki.com)
  
  
  
  

• Funbrain "will show you maps.
  For each screen, identify the correct country (or state).
  Check the correct box or type in the name.
  If you select level 5, you will also have to type in the name of the country's or state's capital."
  
  

Lesson plans :

• Presidential Unit Studies (easyfunschool)

Webquests :

• The White House - webquest (pour 3ème)

INTERACTIVE games :

• Life in the White House - with games and quizzes (whitehouse.gov)
  
  

Videos :

• State of the union: interactive presentation
  "Follow Barack Obama's 2011 state of the union address to the US congress with video, text and accompanying commentary from Simon Jeffery."
  (guardian.co.uk)
  
  Obama State Of The Union Speech 2011 : FULL TEXT & VIDEO
  (huffingtonpost.com)
  
  Line by line analysis and video
  Key excerpts
  Obama urges co-operation
  (BBC)

  

  The 2011 State of the Union Address  "was a speech given by President Barack Obama at 9 p.m. EST  on January 25, 2011, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives."
  (Wikipedia)

• Billboard Depicts Obama as Terrorist, Gangster + TRANSCRIPT
  "For the second time this year, an anti-Obama billboard in Colorado is drawing criticism from both Republicans and Democrats."
  (newsy.com)

  

• The White House - The Official Channel of the White House on YouTube.
  (youtube.com)

Cartoons :