For Students

Hoover Library Resources for National History Day Projects 2011-2012

Powerpoint Presentation on the Life and Times of Herbert Hoover This Powerpoint document is 17.1 MB, to advance pages click anywhere in the presentation and to exit the presentation press Escape on your computer keyboard or the back button in your browser.

Powerpoint Presentation on Lou Henry Hoover. This Powerpoint document is 5.15 MB.

Hoover Online Digital Archives Digital images of important Hoover documents.

Presidential TimeLine - Explore the lives and administrations of twelve Presidents of the United States.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Find information and activities relating to Laura.

Civil War Letters

A Chronology of Herbert Hoover Sequences President Hoover's accomplishments alongside world events from his birth until his death.

Hoover Information Station Links to biographical and other information about Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover.

Presidential Cartoons How the artist portrays the President's accomplishments through illustration.

A Boyhood In Iowa An excerpt taken from an informal address before the Iowa Society of Washington.

Hoover-Ball! A combination of tennis, volleyball and medicine ball.

59 Hoover Schools represented in two spectacular wall quilts.

Hoover Wore Many Hats, an interactive game for children of all ages. Play the game!

Lou Henry Hoover's Cross-Country Adventure Drive your car across the USA by answering state trivia. Have fun and learn along the way! This game works best with Macromedia's Flash Player. Download the free Flash Player from Macromedia.