dreamseeds
03-08-2006, 04:08 PM
Presidents Scavenger Hunt
Give the children about a half an hour to find all the items. You can
pair them in groups to race or do it all together as team work. Have
a special prize to give to them if they beat the clock. Change this
to your own family needs. Have fun!! By the way the answers are at
the end of this so be sure to separate the answers before giving it
to the children. The facts came out of the book, Don't Know Much
About the Presidents. You can have the children write the name of the
presidents on the blanks as they research what president this item is
pertaining to...Perhaps, they will remember the presidents better if
they have a fun item to remember them by.
Scavenger List
1. Find a crown. Some of the people of the United States wanted to
make president __________________________their king.
2. A tooth brush. This president loved his animals so much that he
brushed he had his horses' teeth brushed every
morning.___________________________
3. A nut. This president grew up on a peanut farm in Georgia and sold
peanuts.______________
4. A farm animal (plastic). This president was sworn in at 2 am in
the family farmhouse because the previous president had died
unexpectedly the night before.___________________________
5. Find a judo suit. This president like to practice
judo._________________________________
6. Find a candle. This president was afraid of the lights. Electric
light was installed in the White House during his term. Before that
there had been only candles and gas light.___________________________
7. Find a dollar bill. This man has his face on the front of
it.____________________________
8. A couple of coins. This president served as a general in the Union
army. But as a president, _______________________________left
decisions to other men and didn't realize they were lying and
cheating right under his nose.
9. A marble. This president was playing marbles with his sons when he
found out he was president. After president Henry Harrison died, he
left his place as vice president and became
president.________________________________________ _____________
10. A playing card. This president's wife, Sarah, didn't allow
drinking, dancing or card playing at the White House during her
husband's presidency.__________________________________
11. Diaper. ________________________younger daughter Esther was the
first child born to a president and first lady in the White House.
12.A toy bathtub. At 332 pounds,______________________, was America's
heaviest president. A new bathtub-one big enough to fit four regular
sized men-had to be installed just for him.
13. A war ship or military toy. This president could not stay out of
the war. Most of the world's powerful nations were fighting, to keep
them from taking over land that wasn't theirs. When German submarines
sank American ships in 1917 he had no choice but to go to
war_____________________________________
14. A shoe. This president wore a size 14 shoe, bigger than any other
president (George Washington wore a size 13).
___________________________________________
15. A toy airplane. Soon after _____________________became president,
he made the most difficult decision to use the atomic bomb during
World War ll.
16. A swim suit. This president saved a crew member during Wwll by
swiming for four hours, with a strap of one of his crew members life
jackets in his teeth, with a badly injured back (wow)
___________________________.
17. A school book. This president sent the military to protect the
black children as they went to an all white school (desegragation)
_________________________________________
18. A teddy bear. This president kept a Grizzly bear at the White
House._______________________________
19. A piece of dirty laundry. This president's wife, Abigail, hung
her laundry in the masions bare East
Room.____________________________________
20. A bar of soap. This president was said to be "no bigger than a
half piece of soap". He was only five feet and four inches and
weighed less than a hundred
pounds.___________________________________________ ___
21. A toy from Disney World. This president . What territory did the
U.S. buy from Sapin during Monroe's term? Florida. Which president
did this?__________________________________
22. A bathing suit. This president swam nothing when he went for his
morning swim in the Potomac River. Bathing suits were not invented.
Once his clothes were stolen. He had to ask a boy who was passing by
to run to the White House and get him something else to
wear.________________________________________
23. A log Cabin or lincoln log. This president was born in a log
cabin on the frontier, or new American West. His parents were poor
and both died by the time he was fourteen.______________________
24. An expensive toy. This president took a lot of the blame for the
economic depression in 1837 because he loved expensive things, and
some people criticized him for living in luxury while Americans
starved.__________________________________________ ___________
25. A school book. This president ran out of money while studying to
be a doctor so he went into politics
instead.__________________________________________ _______
26. A toy horse. This president brought his favorite horse, Whitey,
to the White House. Whitey grazed on the lawn until souvenir hunters
pulled hairs from his tail and he had to be put in a
stable._____________________________________
27. A toy bowling ball or pin. This president had a bowling alley
installed in the White House when he became
president.___________________________________
28. Toy soldier. Because Americans had been arguing about slavery for
years,a nd Pierce feared the issue might ear the country apart.
People in Kansas were already fighting over whether the territory
would become a free state or a slave state. This president worried
about the United States
________________________________________________.
29. Find a barbie doll. This is the only president who never had a
wife.
30. Lincoln log. This president family's new log cabin is in Indiana.
His previous log cabin was a one room, dirt floor log cabin in
Kentucky._____________________________________
31. Toy tool. This president was a handy man, he had to repair a
country that was fought against each other in war. The reconstruciton
or repairing and uniting the nation was his focus__________________
Answers:
1. George Washington
2. George Washington
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Calvin Coolidge
5. Thoedore Roosevelt
6. Benjamin Harrison
7. George Washington
8. Ulysses S. Grant
9. John Tyler
10. james Polk
11. Gorver Cleveland
12. William Howard Taft
13. Woodrow Wilson
14. Warren Harding
15. Harry Trueman
16. John Kennedy
17. Dwight Eisenhower
18. Thomas Jefferson
19 John Adams
20. James Madison
21. James Monroe
22. John Quincy Adams
Give the children about a half an hour to find all the items. You can
pair them in groups to race or do it all together as team work. Have
a special prize to give to them if they beat the clock. Change this
to your own family needs. Have fun!! By the way the answers are at
the end of this so be sure to separate the answers before giving it
to the children. The facts came out of the book, Don't Know Much
About the Presidents. You can have the children write the name of the
presidents on the blanks as they research what president this item is
pertaining to...Perhaps, they will remember the presidents better if
they have a fun item to remember them by.
Scavenger List
1. Find a crown. Some of the people of the United States wanted to
make president __________________________their king.
2. A tooth brush. This president loved his animals so much that he
brushed he had his horses' teeth brushed every
morning.___________________________
3. A nut. This president grew up on a peanut farm in Georgia and sold
peanuts.______________
4. A farm animal (plastic). This president was sworn in at 2 am in
the family farmhouse because the previous president had died
unexpectedly the night before.___________________________
5. Find a judo suit. This president like to practice
judo._________________________________
6. Find a candle. This president was afraid of the lights. Electric
light was installed in the White House during his term. Before that
there had been only candles and gas light.___________________________
7. Find a dollar bill. This man has his face on the front of
it.____________________________
8. A couple of coins. This president served as a general in the Union
army. But as a president, _______________________________left
decisions to other men and didn't realize they were lying and
cheating right under his nose.
9. A marble. This president was playing marbles with his sons when he
found out he was president. After president Henry Harrison died, he
left his place as vice president and became
president.________________________________________ _____________
10. A playing card. This president's wife, Sarah, didn't allow
drinking, dancing or card playing at the White House during her
husband's presidency.__________________________________
11. Diaper. ________________________younger daughter Esther was the
first child born to a president and first lady in the White House.
12.A toy bathtub. At 332 pounds,______________________, was America's
heaviest president. A new bathtub-one big enough to fit four regular
sized men-had to be installed just for him.
13. A war ship or military toy. This president could not stay out of
the war. Most of the world's powerful nations were fighting, to keep
them from taking over land that wasn't theirs. When German submarines
sank American ships in 1917 he had no choice but to go to
war_____________________________________
14. A shoe. This president wore a size 14 shoe, bigger than any other
president (George Washington wore a size 13).
___________________________________________
15. A toy airplane. Soon after _____________________became president,
he made the most difficult decision to use the atomic bomb during
World War ll.
16. A swim suit. This president saved a crew member during Wwll by
swiming for four hours, with a strap of one of his crew members life
jackets in his teeth, with a badly injured back (wow)
___________________________.
17. A school book. This president sent the military to protect the
black children as they went to an all white school (desegragation)
_________________________________________
18. A teddy bear. This president kept a Grizzly bear at the White
House._______________________________
19. A piece of dirty laundry. This president's wife, Abigail, hung
her laundry in the masions bare East
Room.____________________________________
20. A bar of soap. This president was said to be "no bigger than a
half piece of soap". He was only five feet and four inches and
weighed less than a hundred
pounds.___________________________________________ ___
21. A toy from Disney World. This president . What territory did the
U.S. buy from Sapin during Monroe's term? Florida. Which president
did this?__________________________________
22. A bathing suit. This president swam nothing when he went for his
morning swim in the Potomac River. Bathing suits were not invented.
Once his clothes were stolen. He had to ask a boy who was passing by
to run to the White House and get him something else to
wear.________________________________________
23. A log Cabin or lincoln log. This president was born in a log
cabin on the frontier, or new American West. His parents were poor
and both died by the time he was fourteen.______________________
24. An expensive toy. This president took a lot of the blame for the
economic depression in 1837 because he loved expensive things, and
some people criticized him for living in luxury while Americans
starved.__________________________________________ ___________
25. A school book. This president ran out of money while studying to
be a doctor so he went into politics
instead.__________________________________________ _______
26. A toy horse. This president brought his favorite horse, Whitey,
to the White House. Whitey grazed on the lawn until souvenir hunters
pulled hairs from his tail and he had to be put in a
stable._____________________________________
27. A toy bowling ball or pin. This president had a bowling alley
installed in the White House when he became
president.___________________________________
28. Toy soldier. Because Americans had been arguing about slavery for
years,a nd Pierce feared the issue might ear the country apart.
People in Kansas were already fighting over whether the territory
would become a free state or a slave state. This president worried
about the United States
________________________________________________.
29. Find a barbie doll. This is the only president who never had a
wife.
30. Lincoln log. This president family's new log cabin is in Indiana.
His previous log cabin was a one room, dirt floor log cabin in
Kentucky._____________________________________
31. Toy tool. This president was a handy man, he had to repair a
country that was fought against each other in war. The reconstruciton
or repairing and uniting the nation was his focus__________________
Answers:
1. George Washington
2. George Washington
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Calvin Coolidge
5. Thoedore Roosevelt
6. Benjamin Harrison
7. George Washington
8. Ulysses S. Grant
9. John Tyler
10. james Polk
11. Gorver Cleveland
12. William Howard Taft
13. Woodrow Wilson
14. Warren Harding
15. Harry Trueman
16. John Kennedy
17. Dwight Eisenhower
18. Thomas Jefferson
19 John Adams
20. James Madison
21. James Monroe
22. John Quincy Adams