Downloadable Resources for Educators and Parents:
• Common Core State Standards-aligned Comprehension and Activity Guide for Grades 4-7
• Women’s History Month Lesson Plan
• Alice For Real, an annotated version of Alice’s fictional diary
• When Audrey Met Alice Mother-Daughter Book Club Guide
Check out the Teaching Books WAMA page to hear about why I wrote this book and to listen to me read an excerpt.
Photos from a Garden Tour at the White House:
Websites and online articles about Alice, the Roosevelt family, and White House life:
- “Alice Roosevelt Longworth” (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia)
- “A Brief History of Teenage First Daughters” (NYMag.com)
- “Countess Cassini, Former Washington Belle, Now a Refugee and Dressmaker in Italy” (NY Times)
- “First Kids” (The White House Historical Association)
- “Inside the White House Kitchen” (Wine Enthusiast)
- “Is the White House Safe?” (ABC News)
- “Just ask Chelsea, Jenna and Barbara: Escaping the glare of the spotlight isn’t easy for kids whose dads work in the Oval Office” (SF Gate)
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
- The White House’s official website
- The White House Historical Association website
- The White House Museum website, an unofficial virtual reference
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
- “Through the Keyhole at the White House” (The Independent)
- “White House life will bring big adjustments (and big fun) for the Obama girls” (Seattle Times)
- “16 Candles for Chelsea” (The Washington Post)
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