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Rethinking Reports: Creative research-based assignments provide alternatives to the President Report, Animal Report, and Famous Person Report that ask students to think about old topics in new ways, work collaboratively, and develop products that support a variety of learning styles.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Presidents pathfinder: In Rethinking Reports, page 1.5; Presidents and the Presidency The American Presidency Grolier's family of encyclopedias provides three levels of biographical material on presidents...; By Melissa Thibault.

Reunification: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 15; Now a museum concerning the fall of Saigon to the Communist North Vietnamese in 1975, the Reunification Palace formerly was the official residence for presidents of South Vietnam.; By Lorraine Aragon.

Abraham Lincoln, 1863: This portrait of Abraham Lincoln was taken during the Civil War.; Format: image/photograph

Abraham Lincoln portrait: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.; Format: image/photograph

Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes: Stereograph photo shows Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite administers the oath of office to Rutherford B. Hayes on a flag-draped inaugural stand on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1877.; Format: image/photograph

James K. Polk: 1849 portrait of James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States. The photograph was taken by Mathew Brady, the famed 19th-century photographer who is often credited as the father of photojournalism.; Format: image/photograph

Illustration: Lincoln taking the oath at his second inauguration, March 4, 1865.: Wood engraving of Lincoln with hand on Bible, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administering oath of office.; Format: image/illustration

Zachary Taylor portrait: 1849 portrait of Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States. The photograph was taken by Mathew Brady, the famed 19th-century photographer who is often credited as the father of photojournalism.; Format: image/photograph

Calvin Coolidge speaking at his inauguration: Calvin Coolidge delivers his inaugural address in 1925. Calvin Coolidge was vice-president of the United States under President Warren G. Harding, and stepped into the presidency in 1923 upon Harding's death. A year later, he was elected to the office.; Format: image/photograph

Vote for me! A re-election editorial: In Rethinking Reports, page 1.4; A research assignment in which students write an editorial for or against the re-election of a selected president.; By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.

Presidential inaugurations in historical perspective: A guide to online resources about the history of American presidential inaugurations.; Format: bibliography

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Black and white photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaking from a podium in Denver, Colorado, circa 1936. The Colorado State Capitol building is in the background.; Format: image/photograph

Now what? A President considers a career change: In Rethinking Reports, page 1.2; In this alternative to the dreaded "President Report," students write a resumé for an ex-president.; By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.

Searching for greener pastures: Out-migration in the 1800s: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.1; In the first half of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of emigration flowed from North Carolina to western states and territories. North Carolinians were pushed by a lack of economic opportunity at home and pulled by open land in the West. Only after the 1830s, when a progressive political leadership supported schools and internal improvements, did out-migration slow.; Format: article; By Donald R. Lennon and Fred D. Ragan.

The Apotheosis of Washington: Photograph of Constantino Brumidi's 1865 fresco in the Capitol dome, entitled The Apotheosis of Washington. The fresco (a painting done on fresh, moist plaster) depicts George Washington's apotheosis — or elevation to the...; Format: image/painting

Fountain circle and lawn in front of Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City: A wide, tree-lined boulevard enters the fountain circle and lawn in front of the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City. Now a museum concerning the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese Communists in 1975, it was formerly the official residence for presidents...; Format: image/photograph

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