George Washington Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
February 22, 2007

History
On this day in 1732, George Washington, our first president was born. Interestingly enough, George Washington was home schooled! Read more about George Washington here: http://www.helium.com/tm/175420/george-washington-first-president


Discussion Questions:
1. Who was the first President of the United States?
2. How did George Washington receive his education?
3. When did the Continental army have their first victory?


Journal
"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."
- George Washington

What kind of qualities do you look for in a friend? What kind of person would not be your friend, and why? Write a few sentences in your journal explaining your reasons.

Current Events
George Washington was the first leader of the United States, but there are lots of different types of leaders. Can you name:
- Leader of the town or city in which you live

- Leader of the fire department of the town or city

- Leader of the police department of the town or city

- Leader of the largest store or major business in the town or city

- Leader of the local newspaper

- Leader of the state

- Leader of the country

- Leader of another country


Geography/Math
George Washington Teaches Map Directions. If students follow "directions," they'll have a picture of George Washington. Use this activity to learn/reinforce cardinal direction points (north, east, south, west) and ordinal direction points (northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest).
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/dailylp/dailylp/dailylp056.shtml

You may need graph paper
http://incompetech.com/beta/linedGraphPaper/graph.pdf

Art/Math
George Washington was the subject of a very famous painting George Washington Crossing the Delaware. You can see the painting here: http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/gw/el_gw.htm

Discussion Questions:
1. What is composition?
2. Who was the painter?
3. The painting is 12 feet high and 21 feet long. What is the perimeter? (hint: the sum of all 4 sides)
4. The painting is 12 feet high and 21 feet long. What is the area? (hint: Length X Width)




Reading Fun
Even presidents have their secrets! Check out this website to answer presidential secrets.
http://pbskids.org/wayback/prez/secrets/index.html
Presidential secrets worksheet http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/dailylp/dailylp/pdfs/dailylp053.pdf