INTRODUCTION
This is an
excellent poem to share on various topics like President’s Day (February 18),
Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday (April 13), and Inventors Day (November 9). Today
we’re celebrating Thomas Jefferson’s 269th birthday.
POEM
Decisions, Decisions(Thomas Jefferson, 1801-9)by Susan KatzThomas Jefferson designeda rope apparatus that shifted his bed…up to the ceilingOr down to the floor;a two-faced clock that he could see…inside the houseor outside the house;a swivel chair so he could swirl…to his rightor to his left;a dumbwaiter that hauled his drinks…down to the cellaror back upstairs;a door on a pivot that he could swing…open to the dining roomor open to the passage;a revolving stand so he could read…five books…at one time.A cleverer man you couldn’t find,…but somewhat unableto make up his mind.
EXTENSION
- Share more fun facts about this founding father.
- Have the children pick facts that they like about Jefferson and have them create a list poem.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Katz, Susan. 2012.
The President’s Stuck in the Bathtub: Poems About the Presidents. Illus. by
Robert Neubecker. NY, NY: Clarion Books. ISBN: 9780547182216.
EXTRA TIDBIT
Here is the
footnote that accompanied this poem:
Thomas Jefferson played role in the design of many
inventions, often improving upon other people’s ideas. His contributions
included an octagonal house, a polygraph machine for writing several copies of
a letter simultaneously, a ladder that folded up into a pole, and a wheel
cipher for using secret codes (a version of which was used until World War II,
nearly a century and a half later).
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