Social Studies / Social Studies

Social Studies Department

Library of Congress:
http://www.memory.loc.gov/learn/features/inaug/inaug.html

C-Span Resources: http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/inauguration.asp

Teacher Vision: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/elections/teacher-resources/6615.html

We Must Not Be Enemies: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address:
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=246

Great Presidential Inauguration Websites:
http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/greatinaugsites.html

Inaurgural: http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/daysevents/index.cfm
This is a nice set of slides that covers the 9 major events of the day. The other links on the page are helpful for a more in-depth study. Lots of interesting 'firsts.'

Scholastic: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=5768
This is a first hand report from a young student, now a teen, of his first inaugural experience.