Friday, March 13, 2009

Arthur Meets the President - lesson plan


Author - Marc Brown
Illustrator - same
Publisher - Little, Brown, and Company, 1991.
Page #'s - 30
Rating - 4/5

Arthur Meets the President is one of the Arthur Adventure Series. This book deals with the president and the capital. Students are asked to write reports and Arthur wins the contest and a trip with his class to meet the President in Washington DC. The class takes a tour and sees some famous buildings. Arthur gives his speech and gets nervous, but D.W. is a great friend and hangs from a tree to hold up a cue card. Everyone laughs because it is upside down.

This is a great educational resource about the Capital and Washington DC. It gives a brief tour of famous buildings and talks about the capital building. The tale also has themes like Arthur getting nervous and his friends helping out. It is a fun, informative book.

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