Folks,

I have come across a number of resources for the inauguration that might be helpful for your classroom in the coming week.

National Geographic has an article and slideshow about the history of inaugurations.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0118_050118_president.html

EL Civics has a lesson on Presidential Inaugurations.
http://www.elcivics.com/presidential-inauguration

The Washington Post’s Inauguration Central has multimedia resources on just about every aspect of this upcoming inauguration and the ones that came previously.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/inauguration-central/

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies also has a number of resources. One good feature is on the theme of this year’s inauguration — A New Birth of Freedom.
http://inaugural.senate.gov/2009/theme.cfm
Another is an explanation of Inauguration Day Events.
http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/daysevents/index.cfm

The Presidential Inaugural Committee has a few materials, including a slideshow on Abraham Lincoln’s Bible, on which President-Elect Obama will be sworn-in.
http://www.pic2009.org/content/home/

The city of Washington, D.C. has a gallery of photos from past inauguration day parades.
http://www.inauguration.dc.gov/gallery.asp

The Washington Post has a slideshow on the History of Inaugural Balls.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/01/02/GA2009010201849.html

The McClatchy Newspapers have two interactives — one is a game about famous lines from previous inaugurations and the other is a simple virtual tour of the White House. They also have some other resources on the same page.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/inauguration/

There is a slideshow on Yahoo detailing the preparations being done for the inauguration.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Presidential-Inauguration-Preparation/ss/events/pl/111008obinauguration/im:/081229/480/da7f8766acd7413ab3f776d54c193af1/

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper website has an interactive feature that provides images and a short description of each presidential inauguration since Washington’s time. Plus, they have a map of the parade route with images.
http://www.stltoday.com/mds/news/html/2103

Inaugurals Of The Past is the title of a slideshow from the McClatchy Newspapers.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/216/gallery/59394.html

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has a nice page on the upcoming inauguration. http://democratandchronicle.gns.gannettonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OBAMAINAUGURATION01
It includes some interactive graphics.
http://democratandchronicle.gns.gannettonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OBAMAINAUGURATION05

There is a slideshow from The New York Times on the Inauguration Rehearsal to this list.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/01/12/us/0112DRESSSHOW_index.html?ref=multimedia

Inauguration Practice is a slideshow from The Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/01/11/GA2009011101312.html

The New York Times has an online video called Inaugurations In Times Of Peril.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/01/13/us/politics/1231545108202/inaugurations-in-times-of-peril.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&nl=multimedia&emc=focusem

Preparation For The Inauguration is a series of photos and simple captions from the Sacramento Bee.
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2009/01/018534.html?mi_atom=The%20Frame

These are from The Washington Post:
A Photo/Video Collage called The Preparers and focused on preparing for the event.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/interactives/inauguration09/building/index.html
A Panorama of the event’s stage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/panorama/2008/12/05/PA2008120501973.html

An Inaugural Timeline is an interactive from the Associated Press.
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/campaign_plus/inaugural_timeline/

Washington Preps For The Inauguration is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123187012945577905.html?mod=article-outset-box

Top Inaugural Speeches is an interactive with short highlights from past key inauguration speeches.
http://www.click2houston.com/presidential-race/17511016/detail.html

I Do Solemnly Swear… is an interactive from The Wall Street Journal that highlights biblical passages each president used in their inauguration, along with showing images.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123188831919978953.html#articleTabs_interactive%26articleTabs%3Dinteractive

Capitol Crowds is a slideshow from the Wall Street Journal about the large crowd the inauguration is anticipating to draw, and similar large events that have occurred in the past at the Capitol.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123031720579635679.html?mod=article-outset-box

A Peek At The Official 2009 Inaugural Ball Sites is a slideshow from the L.A. Times.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-inauguralballs-pg,0,149682.photogallery

The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers have prepared several lesson plans.
http://www.nea.org/tools/29554.htm

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