The American Presidency Project

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-american-presidency-project

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is The American Presidency Project?163,161 presidential and non-presidential records
2. What is the founding year?1999
3. What is the hosting university?University of California, Santa Barbara
4. Who started the American Presidency Project?John Woolley and Gerhard Peters created it in 1999.
5. Where is the American Presidency Project hosted?The University of California, Santa Barbara hosts the website, so you can visit it online.

Digital Humanities: An interdisciplinary field that uses computational methods to study humanities subjects.
Primary Source Documents: Original materials from the period under study, such as letters, speeches, and official records.
Presidential Rhetoric: The art of using language effectively in presidential speeches and communications.
Archival Research: The process of studying historical documents and records in archives.