Eastwood and Northwest Library	Grades 3-5 Pathfinder created by Mrs. E. Lewis, EW/NW Librarian George Washington our nation’s first President and Father of our Country George Washington, (1732-1799), holds a place in our American history as the "Father of our Country.” He helped our newly formed nation from the very beginning by: o commanding the Continental Army fighting against the British; o presiding over the gathering of our nation’s leaders who wrote our Constitution; o serving as our first president of the United States. He was very popular and well liked. Every year since the Revolutionary War the United States has celebrated his birthday.	Oil painting on canvas (1796) by Gilbert Stuart; The Granger Collection
If you want to browse the shelves in the library to locate information about George Washington look for these Dewey Decimal numbers: 973 Ref 973 Biographies 921		Suggested words and phrases to help in searching for more information using the library’s on-line catalog, print encyclopedias, on-line encyclopedias, and library databases -- o George Washington o United States Presidents o Constitution o Revolutionary War o Valley Forge o Mount Vernon

General Reference
The big book of U.S. presidents / written by Victoria Sherrow; portraits by Julian and Janet Baker [and others].	Ref 973.09	E176.1.s56 1994
The complete history of our presidents / written by Michael Weber	Ref 973.09	E176.1.W365 1997

Encyclopedia and Dictionaries
World Book Kids on-line encyclopedia http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb	Log in: Marshallk12	Use school password
Britannica on-line school edition encyclopedia http://www.school.eb.com/
George Washington: First president of the United States / by Zachary Kent Encyclopedia of presidents series	Ref 921 Was	E312.66.K46 1986
The World Book of America's presidents	Ref 973.09	E176.1.W935 2001
The Scholastic encyclopedia of the presidents and their times / written by David Rubel	Ref 973.09	E176.1.R88 1994

Non-Fiction Resources
George Wahsington, first president of the United States / by Carol Greene.	Biography
George Washington / by Cheryl Harness	Biography
If you grew up with George Washington / by Ruth Belov Gross; illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully	973.4

Internet sites

The White House Biography of George Washington  http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewashington/

America’s Story: George Washington
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/wash

PBS: George Washington Rediscovered
http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/
-- this site is an interesting site with a lot of information, might want to work with a reading partner when exploring this one –

The Real Face of George Washington
http://www.earlyamerica.com/georgexdsl.html
-- interesting video clip of how we know what President Washington really looked like.

George Washington from the Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/gwashington.html – a page of facts

Other Resources
Periodical	George Washington	Cobblestone	April 1992, vol. 13, issue 4
Periodical	Washington	KIDS Discover	September 2000, vol. 10, issue 8
Video	Our Founding Fathers	Vid 973.2	LC classification: VAG 8602

Clipart licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on http://school.discovery.com/clipart