American Presidents

The first subject we are doing content development for in our pilot project is History. One reason we are focusing on History is that Americans are notoriously bad in being able to place the American Civil War in the correct century. Another reason is that I find it fun to write history questions. I have to admit that I do not know all of the American Presidents and when they were in office. However, as I study more and more about how we learn and remember I am becoming convinced that as an American learning the names and dates of the American Presidents would be really quite valuable.

The reason I believe that memorizing the American Presidents will become valuable is that I believe it will provide an excellent framework for remembering other facts about history. Also, when I hear of an event I will be able to associate it with a President and understand where it fits into the American History time line. I am authoring the lesson and will test it out. Over the coming year I'll let you know how it is going and if I still think it is worth really learning about the American Presidents. Of course, if you live in the UK you may want to write your own lessons on Kings.