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This is America, Charlie Brown: The Smithsonian and The Presidency
SUBJECTS — U.S./Creating the Nation, 1865; and 1929 - 1941;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Disabilities;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Trustworthiness.
Age: 7 - 11; Not Rated; Animated; 25 minutes; 1989; Color
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This is America, Charlie Brown: The Smithsonian and The Presidency shows a visit by the Peanuts gang to the Smithsonian Institution. They talk about the three greatest American Presidents: Washington, Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A cartoon Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address and we are shown a film clip of Roosevelt's first inaugural message: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." (Children will enjoy this film even if they are not familiar with the Peanuts characters.)
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to This is America, Charlie Brown: The Smithsonian and The Presidency helps teachers introduce children to the Smithsonian and to Presidents Washington, Lincoln and FDR.
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This is America, Charlie Brown: The Smithsonian and The Presidency will introduce the great American Presidents: Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt. It will also introduce the Smithsonian, the national museum of the United States.
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Tell us something important that President Washington did. Do the same thing for Presidents Lincoln and FDR.
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