Section One - The White House
___ Create a cutaway drawing or 3-D model of the White House.  Label all of the important sections and rooms. http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour/
___ Create a brochure or tour guide to the White House.  Include a small map and information, pictures or drawings of rooms or important areas or objects.  Spottys White House Tour                     Inside tour of the White House
___ Create a pictorial graph or poster on all of the animals that have lived in or on the White House grounds.  Include numbers and which presidents owned each.
___ Investigate and write a report on the White House and how it has changed over the years since it was first built. Include all additions, remodeling and redecorating.   White House timeline
 ___  Read the above and create a time line instead of a report, listing all of the above.
___  Creative writing, pretend that you are the child of a President.  Write a story about your life in the White House.  Try to use some real facts about the building and the area.  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/whitehouse/whhome.html
                    The White House Neighborhood

Section Two - Around Washington, D.C.
___ Choose one Washington tourist attraction or monument and make a 3-D model of it.  Include a 3x5 card with key facts about it.   Bens Guide to US Government             Momument, Museum and Memorial Site
___ Create a travel brochure for the city of Washington, D.C.  Include a small map, information about the buildings and sites to visit, as well as drawings, or pictures.  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/whitehouse/mntrvfra.html
___ Choose a Washington attraction or monument and write a one page report about it.  Include such things as  how, why, by whom it was built.  Include a small drawing or picture.
___ Make a model or map of the city of Washington, D.C.  Include all of the important monuments, government buildings and attractions.  Be sure to label everything.  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/whitehouse/mntrvfra.html
___ Design a 20th century statue, monument or museum in either 3-D or full color detailed drawing.  It should stand for some important aspect of our 20th century art, music, technology, leisure time, transportation or history.

Section Three - Government Agencies
___ Investigate and write a one page report on a section of the government, such as the Department of Defense, the US Treasury, the Congress, the US Postal Service, the Supreme Court or the Office of the Presidency.
___ Make a poster, mobile, map, or collage showing National Parks, or landmarks that are headed by the Department of the Interior.  Include key facts telling what, where, when created, size or other.
___ Learn about the past or present currency (money) used in the United States.  Choose either Past or Present and write a one page report about it.  Include where it is made, how, denominations, materials, changes over the years, etc.                         http://www.usmint.gov/Kids/
    Fundamental Facts about US currency
___ Bring in a coin collection or stamp collection showing unusual US coins or stamps.  Include a brief explanation of each, when they were made, why they are unusual, value, etc.
___ Write a paper titled US Currency in the New Century.  Include any coins or currency that you would pull from circulation and explain why.  Also any new coins or currency that you would like to add, with drawings as well as an explanation of why.

Section Four - American Symbols
___ American Flag, make a poster showing all of the changes in the American flag over the years.  Include an explanation of what caused it to change and when the change was made. American Flag page    http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/flag.htm
___ Learn about how we honor the flag.  Write a short report on proper ways to display the flag, how to properly fly the flag, fold the flag.  Find out when the flag is given to honor people and how it is done. http://www.legion.org/americanism/flagfaqs.htm    http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/dayart/20010914/flagdisplay.gif
___ Statue of Liberty, Research how the Statue of Liberty came to be here in America.  Who gifted us with it and why.  How was it made, transported and erected.  http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm#Statue%20of
___  Statue of Liberty, Make a model of the statue on the island.     http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm#Statue%20of
___  Draw a picture of the Statue of Liberty and label with facts the sizes of the various parts of the statue, for example tell how long her nose is.      http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm#Statue%20of
___ The Liberty Bell, Read the short story, “The Liberty Bell” in the old Silver Burdett reading series.  Then write a short report or create a time line on the building of the Liberty Bell from its first casting until present day.  Include all important things that have happened to it over the years.    The Liberty Bell Site
___ Choose 4 American symbols, such as Uncle Sam, the Bald Eagle, the Great Seal, and draw pictures or collect pictures of each.  Include a 3x5 size card or paragraph about each symbol explaining when and how the symbol came to become important. Ben'sGuide to US Government for Kids        Uncle Sam
___ Choose one American song and find out when, where, why written, Include words.