At-Home Learning: Dear Mr. President

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
Online

This 45 to 60-minute program geared toward grades 3-8 will be presented by the Eisenhower Foundation.

Students are never too young to practice the American right to share their concerns with elected officials. In this program, students analyze children’s letters to President Eisenhower, noting their purpose and topics of the 1950s – from Elvis’s haircut to civil rights. They then practice civic engagement by writing their own letter to the current President of the United States about an issue that concerns or interests them. Prior to the program, students should choose a letter to President Eisenhower from those offered at www.EisenhowerFoundation.net

This program is part of our spring series of online, interactive-learning programs for students and families. Programs are available for preschool through 12th grade, and are scheduled weekly through the end of May. All programs, offered via a web link in partnership with the Presidential Primary Sources Project, will take place at 2pm ET / 1 pm CT / 12 pm MT / 11 am PT.

See the full schedule of programs.