The Miller Center’s Presidential Classroom website is a fantastic resource for teachers and students of U.S. History. On the site students will find a very good reference resource about US Presidents. The Miller Center’s American President pages contain personal and political biographical information about every President of the United States. Each profile links to dozens of essays about various aspects of each President’s life and work. Each profile also contains images of each President. Some profiles also include audio files and video of the President.
Teachers will find the a selection of lesson plans and course syllabi on the Presidential Classroom website. The lesson plans, appropriate for high school students, cover themes and topics post 1950. Some of the topics are the Space Race, the Vietnam War, and the 60’s.
The Presidential Classroom also includes a speech archive that contains the text of inaugural addresses, State of the Union Addresses, and some other notable speeches that Presidents have delivered to Congress and the American public.