US Presidents – 5th-8th Grade Activities

This resource is filled with fun activities for students to use whenever they are studying the presidents or for Presidents day! Activities include a word search, an acrostic poetry page, presidential trivia, a ‘Which President’ worksheet, two picture graphs (Washington and Lincoln) and report / notebooking pages. Answer Keys are provided!

Great for any classroom around Presidents Day in February (or) in a Government / Civics class (or) American History class anytime of the year. Designed for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.

Here are a few examples of the FUN:

• Presidential Trivia (14 total questions) – Example:
  Question #5 – “At 43 years of age, ___ was the youngest president who was elected, although, at 42, _____ was the youngest president who was inaugurated, after William McKinley was assassinated. ____ was the oldest president when he left office at 77 years of age.”
• Which President? (40 total questions) – Example:
  Question #19 – “_____Nicknamed “Old Rough and Ready”, he died 16 months into his term.

Looking for worksheets for younger students? Here are some you’ll love…

• Presidents Day Vocabulary FUN for 3rd-5th
• U.S. Presidents Code Word Puzzles
• US Presidents K-2nd – Volume 1
• US Presidents K-2nd Grade pages – Volume 2
• US Presidents K-2nd Grade pages – Volume 3
• US Presidents K-2nd Grade pages – Volume 4
• US Presidents – Flash / Info Cards