1. Who designed the plans for the White House? 
2. What were then three previous names of the White House?
3. How long did it take for the structure to be built for the White House?
4. Who presided in the White House in 1800?
5. What is the White House made of?
6. What street is the White House located on?
7. How many rooms are located in the White House?
8. What year was the White House burned?
9. How much money did it cost to rebuild the White House?

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1. The Blue Room is oval shaped, fact or fiction?-Web Site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history
2. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington and Abigail Smith Adams both died on July 4, 1826, fifty years after the signing of the Declaration on Independence, fact or fiction?-Web Site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history
3. The Oval Office is where the President lives, fact or fiction?-Web Site:-http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/oval-office.html
4. The first Oval Office was built in 1965, fact or fiction?-Web Site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/oval-office.html
5. George Bush is the 43rd President of the United States, fact or fiction?-Web Site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/oval-office.html

     The White House was planned to be built by the Congress in 1792. The plans for it were designed by James Hobam in the Palladium Style. When John and Abigail Adams resided it in 1800, it was still not finished. It took eight whole years to finish it. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It is mostly made of limestone. The dimensions of the White House are twenty-six meters by fifty-one meters, and it has six stories and one hundred thirty-two rooms.
     The British burned the White House in Washington in 1814. They rebuilt it with James Hoban’s plans. They renovated the entire house in 1901. Then in 1948, Congress reconstructed the building and this cost almost six million dollars. Then the house was taken apart and cataloged and then it could be put back together.
     The second floor has 32 rooms. The President’s office is called the Oval Office.
     If you tour the White House you can see paintings of Dolly Madison and George Washington from before the White House was burned.

Answers to Word Problems

1. 58hrs. 46mins.
2. 100ft.
3. 2.16hrs.

Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. James Hoban
2. President's palace, the President's House, and the Executive mansion.
3. 8 years
4. John and Abigail Adams
5. Limestone
6. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
7. 132 rooms
8. 1814
9. Nearly 6 million dollars

Answers to Fact and Fiction

1. Fact
2. Fact
3. Fiction
4. Fiction
5. Fact

Simpson, Jeanne. "Washington DC Unit." The White House (1992):00.

"Welcome to the White House." the White House. 2002, March 29. First Gov. 27 March, 2002. <www.whitehouse.gov>.