Brain TeasersGive your brain a challenge and try to answer these questions.

1. What increases in value when turned upside down? ____________________________________

2. How many sides does a box have? __________________________________________________

3. What kinds of beans are impossible to grow? _________________________________________

4. What do you lose every time you stand up? __________________________________________

5. What has a foot on each side and one in the middle? ___________________________________

6. Why is the letter B hot? __________________________________________________________

7. If you count 15 houses on your right walking to school and 15 houses on your left walking

home, how many houses have you counted in all? _____________________________________

8. How many months have 28 days? __________________________________________________

9. Which two letters of the alphabet are empty? _________________________________________

10. What has no beginning or end and nothing in the middle? ______________________________

11. What is at the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of every end, and

the end of every race? ____________________________________________________________

ACROSS2. This man was the only professional actor to be elected

president. 3. This president was the only president born in Georgia. 6. The first Catholic president was John F. ________. 8. President ________ was in charge of the D-Day

invasion during World War II. 9. This president is known as the father of our country. 10. This man was president when the Civil War began.

DOWN1. President ________ sent Meriwether Lewis and

William Clark to explore the territory that was acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.

4. This president is known as the Rough Rider. 5. This man was the first African American president. 7. William Jefferson ________ was the first President

to be a Rhodes Scholar.

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ACROSS2. This man was the only professional actor to be elected

president. 3. This president was the only president born in Georgia. 6. The first Catholic president was John F. ________. 8. President ________ was in charge of the D-Day

invasion during World War II. 9. This president is known as the father of our country. 10. This man was president when the Civil War began.

DOWN1. President ________ sent Meriwether Lewis and

William Clark to explore the territory that was acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.

4. This president is known as the Rough Rider. 5. This man was the first African American president. 7. William Jefferson ________ was the first President

to be a Rhodes Scholar.

Circle the animals below that are likely to sleep during the winter months.

Who’s Hibernating?

Bulletin Board Musical Notes

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1. This man was president when the Civil War began. (Lincoln)2. This man was the first African American president (Obama)3. This president is known as the father of our country. (Washington)4. This president is known as the Rough Rider. (Roosevelt)5. The first Catholic president was John F. ______. (Kennedy)6. This president was the only president born in Georgia. (Carter)7. President ______ sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the territory that was acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. (Jefferson)8. This man was the only professional actor to be elected president. (Reagan)9. President ________ was in charge of the D-Day invasion during World War II. (Eisenhower)10. William Jefferson _______ was the first President to be a Rhodes Scholar. (Clinton)

Black History Month Challenge

The people listed below have accomplished many things. Do you know what each person is especially known for doing or being? If so, write them in the space provided. If you are not familiar with a name, look it up and read all about it! The first answer is given.

1. Ella Fitzgerald ___________________________________________________________

2. Frederick Douglass ___________________________________________________________

3. Jackie Joyner-Kersee ___________________________________________________________

4. Langston Hughes ___________________________________________________________

5. Alice Walker ___________________________________________________________

6. Jesse Jackson, Sr. ___________________________________________________________

7. Jocelyn Elders ___________________________________________________________

8. George Washington Carver _________________________________________________________

9. Mary McLeod Bethune ___________________________________________________________

10. Fanny Lou Hamer ___________________________________________________________

11. Colin Powell ___________________________________________________________

12. Romare Bearden ___________________________________________________________

13. Virginia Hamilton ___________________________________________________________

14. Guion Bluford ___________________________________________________________

15. Alvin Ailey, Jr. ___________________________________________________________