George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are two of the most famous U.S. presidents. This project helps students to learn about these presidents while also using objective and subjective techniques to analyze primary source images and to contemplate how presidents are portrayed.

To complete the project students will:

• learn facts about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
• identify various types of primary sources.
• compare and contrast facts about Washington and Lincoln.
• use objective and subjective techniques to analyze historic images.
• create their personal autobiographies
• discuss how presidents are portrayed.
• arrange and pose for their own "presidential" portraits.