Presidents - Interactive Games, Activities, and Puzzles
This section contains games and puzzles related to United States Presidents.
Presidential Mismatch - Online Game
Description: Students must rearrange the presidential chart so that the presidents are in the correct order in which they served. The number of presidents used in the game is customizable. The timer allows for friendly competitions. Students who enjoy history will love this game!
Not Boring Jeopardy - Presidents Edition
Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on United States Presidents. It's super fun for classrooms, individuals, or small teams, totally customizable. Uncheck "teams take turns" to make it more exciting for kids.
Who is Your Founding Father?
Description: In this innovative game, students determine the "Founding Father" by evaluating the accomplishments of Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton on a significance scale of 1-10. As students evaluate each accomplishment, the "father" responsible for the accomplishment moves forward. For example, if a statement such as "How significant is it that this person wrote the Declaration Independence?" appears, and the student judges it "9," Thomas Jefferson would move forward nine steps.
Currency Mismatch - Online Game
Description: This is a wildly fun game that requires students to drag and drop the correct presidential faces to their correct dollar bills. The game is timed and makes for awesome friendly competitions within a classroom.
Presidents Word Search - Online
Description: This is an online word search with the 45 presidents. Choose with or without a timer.
Presidents Word Search - Printable
Description: This is an online word search with the 45 presidents. Choose with or without a timer.
Tic Tac DOUGH - Presidents Edition
Description: Modeled after the 1970s game show, TIC TAC Dough requires students to get 1,000 points, or, score "tic" and "tac" by choose a panel between 1-9 and answering multiple choice questions about the presidents. Behind each panel is a number panel, the word "tic", the word "tac" or the dreaded dragon. If a student picks the panel with the dragon, the game is automatically over - just like the real gameshow.
Presidential Heights - Online
Description: Did you know James Madison was the shortest president? Did you know Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president? This fun math activity requires students to answer questions about the heights of presidents by viewing the bar graph and making conversions from feet to inches and inches to feet. This activity gives immediate feedback.
Odd Presidential Facts Matching - Online
Description: This fun, interactive activity requires students to identify which president matches the odd fact. For example, which president had a pet alligator? Which president was the first to live in the White House
Heads of States Matching - Online
Description: This fun, interactive activity requires students to identify the current (2023) presidents and leaders of world nations.
Presidential Rankings Logic Puzzle - Online
Description: This resource requires students to order selected presidents in terms of their C-SPAN rankings using their logic skills. Perfect for students in grades 4-6. It gives immediate feedback!
Presidential Math - Addition and Subtraction - Online
Description: If you know that Millard Fillmore was the 13th president or that Martin Van Buren was the eighth, this exercise is for you. This activity requires students to add problems such as Jefferson + Tyler = ? Jefferson being (3) and Tyler being (10). 3 + 10 = 13. The 13th president is Millard Fillmore, thus - Jefferson + Tyler = Fillmore. A picture gallery of all 45 presidents is provided. Perfect for Presidents Day!
Presidential Middle Names - Online
Description: Some of America's presidents have interesting middle names. Can you match the middle name with the correct president? For example, do you know Richard M. Nixon's middle name? How about John F. Kennedy?
William or James - Presidential First Names - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to drag and drop the last names of 14 presidents into one of three categories: William, James, or John.
