Notebooking 4th Grade American History, Part 4

In Part 4 American History continues on with the early presidents.

John Adams  and   Abigail Adams 

We compared Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson who were both members of Washington's cabinet.  Then we had to draw another portrait: John Adams.  On the following page we drew the First Lady, Abigail Adams.We used the painting of John Adams by Gilbert Stuart as our inspiration.

We needed a map next  of how we would have designed Washington if we had been the one tasked with it instead of Pierre Charles L'Enfant. Our portrait of Abigail Adams was inspired by the painting by Gilbert Stuart. 

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was our third president. He was important in the Louisiana Purchase so we drew a map of America showing where the Louisiana Purchase was. Our portrait was based on the painting of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale.

Our fourth president, James Madison, is next and we drew another portrait of him and wrote about our reading. We didn't draw his First Lady, Dolley Madison, since we drew her portrait in Part 2. 

James Monroe

John Q. Adams

We continue the section of Early Presidents with James Monroe, fifth president, and John Quincy Adams, sixth president. Our portraits were based on the paintings of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams by Gilbert Stuart.  We wrote a little about the Monroe Doctrine. 

After making their portraits we wrote about what we knew about each man on the next two pages.

We hadn't done a flip book in a while so we used one to compare the accomplishments of the first five presidents.

That is all for now. Part 5 will finish up the Early Presidents. 

Next Section: Early Presidents, continued (part 5)