Presidents

Mary Kate Bolinder

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Names: Bolinder, Mary Kate, author. | iCivics (Organization), other.
Title: Presidents / Mary Kate Bolinder.
Description: Huntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, [2022] | At head of title: iCivics. | Audience: Grades K-1 |
Summary: "The President of the United States has many important jobs. What do presidents do?"-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021003416 (print) | LCCN 2021003417 (ebook) | ISBN 9781087606316 (paperback) |
ISBN 9781087620084 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Presidents--United States--Juvenile literature. | Executive power--United States--Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC JK517 .B65 2022 (print) | LCC JK517 (ebook) | DDC 52.230972--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021003416
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021003417

Pictured Presidents
page 2: Ronald Reagan page 11: Franklin Roosevelt
page 3: Theodore Roosevelt page 12: Dwight Eisenhower
page 4: Calvin Coolidge page 13: George Washington
page 5: Joseph Biden page 14: Barack Obama
page 8: Lyndon Johnson page 15: George W. Bush
page 9: Warren Harding page 16: James Carter
page 10: Abraham Lincoln page 17: William Clinton

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Presidents

Mary Kate Bolinder

 Presidents have many
jobs.

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 They lead us.

4
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 They work from the
White House.

6
Think
and
Talk
Where else does the
president work?

7
 They help make laws.

8
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 They make speeches.

10
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 They lead our troops.

12
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 They help people in
need.

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 The president works
for all of us.

16
 o
int n
p io
m
Ju Fict

17
 Dream Big
Nina has a big dream.

18
She wants to be president.

19
 Civics in Action
The president does many things.
You can help others learn about the
job of the president.
1. Think about what the
president does.
2. Make a poster of one job the
president does.
3. Share your poster with others.

20
 Read and
Respond
1. Who does the
president work
for?
2. Would you
want to be
president? Why
or why not?
 Presidents
The president
of the United
States has
many important
jobs. What do
presidents do?

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Lexile®: 300L