Many first ladies have strong ties to education, and several have been educators themselves. Abigail Fillmore taught for six years and created a library in the White House. Grace Coolidge taught at the Clarke School for the Deaf in Massachusetts, where she met her future husband, Calvin. Laura Bush was a librarian and still supports literacy causes through her foundation.
You’ll find lots of fascinating facts in the book First Ladies and the companion book, Presidents, from the DK Eyewitness series. One lucky teacher will win these books. To enter our random drawing, post a comment to this blog no later than 11:59 pm EST on February 28, 2017, and let us know which of this month’s fun freebies get your vote. May the best freebie win! (Update: congratulations to Kathleen, who is the winner of our prize.)
First Lady Ellen Wilson was an accomplished painter. She’d be amazed at what you can find at Artopia, where the characters learn about different art forms. Check out this free resource at thirteen.org/artopia.
Lou Hoover was the first woman to earn a degree in geology from Stanford, way before STEM was a thing! Bet she’d enjoy MIT+K12 Videos, which cover fascinating science topics, such as How to Discover a New Planet, How Computers Compute, The Physics of Invisibility Cloaks, and more.
Lucy Hayes was the first college graduate to be first lady. A website she might have loved is Quizalize, where you can create fun games on any topic for free.
Looking forward to counting the votes for your favorite freebie,
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PS: I bet all of the First Ladies would be enthusiastic about Kids.gov. This site is loaded with activities, games, and videos across the curriculum. Take a look!
First Ladies would be a great addition to our library and a wonderful inspiration for our girls of all ages.
The First Ladies text looks like an ideal trade book.
Would love to win the books. I am heading to the malt k through 12 site. It sounds greT for my kiddos
Memoirs of educated First Ladies… Great reading!
I love book! The First Ladies book looks very interesting!
These are all great websites and resources. I think I have found some new learning videos for my students and myself.
First Ladies would be a great addition to our school library!
What a pleasant plethora of resources and suggested books! GO GIRL POWER!!! I love it. I hope that more resources become available to use in the classroom to help empower young girls.
I can’t wait to check out Quizalize! It sounds like lots of fun.
I really like all of these freebies! I have never heard of any of them, so I am excited to try them!
I have not heard of Quizalize but it looks like a great way to prepare my students for assessments in a fun and engaging way. Can’t wait to use that in my classroom!
Can’t wait to check out Quizalize!
First Ladies sounds awesome because it is not a topic that is generally talked about in school. I also like the links you shared and I have bookmarked them all!
Thanks for the enthusiastic comments! 🙂
Ohh my kiddos have been reading nonfiction and are currently using resources to write biographies. Sounds like both of these books would be valuable in our room!
I am especially fascinated by Abigail Adams!
I would love to add the First Ladies to my Library. It would add to my March Lessons on Women’s History>
We have so many books about famous men this would make a great addition to our classroom library.
The First Ladies book and the MIT +K12 site would be great for promoting Women’s History Month!
The First Ladies book and the MIT +K12 site would be great for promoting Women’s History Month!
Thanks, LJ! Got your note about your email address, it has been updated. Good luck!
Wow – I want to read the First Ladies book & share it with my fellow teachers!
First Ladies
I love sharing role models with my children.
What an awesome book to have in my collection.
First Ladies would be a GREAT new addition to our school library’s biography collection! I have a 2nd grade teacher who does a wax museum each year for part of her social studies curriculum and she is always on the lookout for more biographies about women; particularly those who influenced education, our country, etc. This would be a great opportunity to add to our collection! 🙂
I have always loved reading biographies and this is right down my alley! Simply written bios of the first ladies would be a good resource for further research.
I love women biographies!
My class always researches the presidents, but this year I decided to include First Ladies into the mix. This would be a great resource to add to our classroom.
First ladies gets my vote!
Sounds great!
I would love for my students to learn more about the First Ladies. They had a wonderful impact on America. They had to endure many things and even saved paintings when they White House was on fire as the president was off fighting. Fascinating!
Thank you to The Mailbox for the book. I will definitely share it will all the teachers at my school. My students and I are very excited to learn more about history. We all love learning and I love when we have the time and resources to make learning fascinating for my students!
I would love to read the First Ladies book myself. President Fillmore is a relative of my husband.
MIT K12 videos looks really interesting!
Both books look very interesting. I would love to have that Presidents book in my library. My students are always interested in learning facts about our presidents.
How can a body pick just one! Mailbox has ALWAYS offered great ideas in so many ways. THANKS for your caring about teachers and teaching. We couldn’t do it without you.
Artopia was a new experience for me. Definitely need to share with my art teachers. I’d love to be chosen the winner of the First Ladies book along with the Presidents one. Thanks for the opportunity!
All the resources are excellent but we would love to have more information about the first ladies.
The freebie I like this month is the Happy Birthday Dr. Suess writing/bulletin board idea.
What a great book. It is interesting to learn about our first ladies.
Love this for Women’s History Month!
MIT video wins my vote- I love bring science into the classroom