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Graph the Presidents
At Inauguration:
How Old Were They?

Subjects

• Statistics
• Government
• U.S. History
• Mathematics

Grades

• K-2
• 3-5
• 6-8

Brief Description

Students graph the presidents' ages at inauguration. Who was the youngest president? the oldest?

Objectives

Keywords

inauguration, election, presidents, election

Materials Needed

computers with Internet access or library resources

Lesson Plan

How old were U.S. presidents? Ask students to use the Internet Public Library's Web page or other library resources to figure out how old each president was when he was inaugurated. Have them create graphs to show the results of their research. Then ask them to use their graphs to tell who the youngest president was and who the oldest president was. Have older students determine the average age of presidents. Here are possible sources:

• For younger students, the chart on the Presidents from infoplease.com's almanac offers easy access to this information. The chart is printable.
• For older students, you might want them to have to do the math to figure out the presidents' ages at inauguration. They can use the resources at Presidents of the United States or the official White House site The Presidents of the United States.

Assessment

Lesson Plan Source

Submitted By

Gary Hopkins

National Standards

Mathematics:
NM.K-4.2
NM.K-4.4
NM.K-4.11
NM.5-8.2
NM.5-8.4
NM.5-8.8
NM.5-8.10
NM.9-12.10

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