--- title: "CERCA Now: President's Day 2023" description: 3 Topic to Spark Courageous Thinking This Week! --- [Blog | ThinkCERCA ](https://blog.thinkcerca.com) # [CERCA Now: President's Day 2023](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/cerca-now-presidents-day-0) Written by [ThinkCERCA Team](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/thinkcerca-team) | February 20, 2023 #### Try our QuickCERCAs Additional reading practice, comprehension checks, and discussion questions in under 15 minutes! ## ELEMENTARY: [Brothers in Spirit, Brothers in Liberation](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/lessons/24826) ## MIDDLE: [Off to Blab School](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/lessons/25642) ## HIGH SCHOOL: [Tracing a Line from the First Black Slave to the First Black President](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/lessons/24832)   #### [Use ThinkCERCA’s Custom Lesson Builder to enable critical thinking instantly!](https://info.thinkcerca.com/e3t/Btc/RE+113/chwFg04/VWTy5J7j8sd0W3h1rx061jzgLW3_3yVc4D-ggzN2ZRHBZ3q3n_V1-WJV7CgQw3W86Thz66-Qb1sW5BX2gG66QDz5V2Hnz71RLWxGW4vWVcK42Y7pdW8C7Szx8ntrxCN4GVNn48HSgvW1683wy3T0yb7TRPQF201_YwVFhhsX4pXwykW7K4Py85K_0TGW12v4Pc1BrXQNW6Ktg1p5VHPYzW3k3kqS4B1YWJW8dqC4f3tSxkfW2fq8c94QTwLTN1ncK1KtsYjjW3qgQD06M9-tWW1x3wRr1P0k_ZW6wtPvf5vf_qfW6bNZPm4WlX2jW2tYyFf60PjFYW3-0ynb1QNz8wW5FgclW2dwj2hW5nJkRZ7vK7DSW52lrZj7bqFhRW3Tks9t5MQJnp3llR1)   #### ELEMENTARY What quality or trait is the most important for a president to have? (Honesty, kindness, bravery, wisdom, etc.) 🎦[Kid President](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o&utm_campaign=Q1-2022-Teacher%20Usage&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zUjR1osjMkwsCEtpU35sC9TPsscSxDcxj44LiZ-hu5Hy0hfsPV-dJmxhEwGHKH6Dm0AMd) #### MIDDLE Should Presidents' Day be a school day devoted to understanding our democratic processes and the role of individuals in them? #### HIGH SCHOOL How do presidents use the occasion of the presidential portrait as a platform to broaden perspectives of themselves and the presidency? (Choose several presidential portraits and compare and contrast them based on various aspects of setting, clothing, pose, expression, etc.) ➡️[See the presidential portraits and many more at National Portrait Gallery](https://npg.si.edu/portraits?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-Teacher%20Usage&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zUjR1osjMkwsCEtpU35sC9TPsscSxDcxj44LiZ-hu5Hy0hfsPV-dJmxhEwGHKH6Dm0AMd) # Try Our Leveled Direct Instruction Lessons • Direct Instruction in Key Skills and Concepts • Audio Support • Comprehension Check. # READING VISUAL SOURCES In this lesson, students will learn techniques for reading visual sources, such as timelines, maps, charts and graphs, and political cartoons. ➡️[View Lesson](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/english-language-arts/reading-informational-texts/modules/73?grade=3&utm_campaign=Q1-2022-Teacher%20Usage&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zUjR1osjMkwsCEtpU35sC9TPsscSxDcxj44LiZ-hu5Hy0hfsPV-dJmxhEwGHKH6Dm0AMd)   # [CERCA Slides: Leadership](https://www.thinkcerca.com/cerca-slides-leadership?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-Teacher%20Usage&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zUjR1osjMkwsCEtpU35sC9TPsscSxDcxj44LiZ-hu5Hy0hfsPV-dJmxhEwGHKH6Dm0AMd) CERCA Slides provide one or more weeks of instruction. Whether students are remote, hybrid, or in a traditional classroom environment, teachers can use ThinkCERCA’s ready-made interactive lessons! Social Studies-themed CERCA slides take up the compelling question, “What makes a good leader?” From an upper elementary investigation of students as “researcher-leaders” to multisource engagement with historical figures including Toussaint Louverture and Clara Barton, the focus is on their ideas, initiative in times of crisis, and enduring impact. ➡️ [View CERCA Slides set here](https://www.thinkcerca.com/cerca-slides-leadership?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-Teacher%20Usage&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zUjR1osjMkwsCEtpU35sC9TPsscSxDcxj44LiZ-hu5Hy0hfsPV-dJmxhEwGHKH6Dm0AMd) ➡️ [Search our Social Studies Collections for President’s Day Topics](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/social-studies?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-Teacher%20Usage&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zUjR1osjMkwsCEtpU35sC9TPsscSxDcxj44LiZ-hu5Hy0hfsPV-dJmxhEwGHKH6Dm0AMd) [View full post](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/cerca-now-presidents-day-0) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "ThinkCERCA Team" }, "dateModified" : "2023-02-20T05:26:25.064Z", "datePublished" : "2023-02-20T05:26:25Z", "headline" : "CERCA Now: President's Day 2023", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 1000, "url" : "https://go.thinkcerca.com/hubfs/article-feature-image-presidents-day-1.png", "width" : 2000 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.thinkcerca.com/cerca-now-presidents-day-0", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60.0, "url" : "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2442542/Logos/Logo-for-Email-Signature-ThinkCERCA.png", "width" : 553.75 }, "name" : "Blog | ThinkCERCA" } } ```