Presidents at Inauguration Graph: How Old Were They?
Subjects
Statistics
Government
U.S. History
Mathematics
Grades
K-2
3-5
6-8
Brief Description
Students graph the presidents' ages at inauguration. Who was the youngest president?
the oldest?
Objectives
Students use online or library resources to find or calculate each president's
age at inauguration. They graph the ages of the presidents to create a visual
device for seeing who was the youngest and oldest president, what the average
age was at inauguration, and so on.
Keywords
inauguration, election, presidents, election
Materials Needed
computers with Internet access or library resources
Lesson Plan
How old were U.S. presidents? Ask students to use the Internet Public Library's Web page or other library resources to figure out how old each president was when he was inaugurated. Have them create graphs to show the results of their research. Then ask them to use their graphs to tell who the youngest president was and who the oldest president was. Have older students determine the average age of presidents.
Here are possible sources:
