For a general overview of the presidency and the White House, check out the web site of the White House Historical Association (www.whitehousehistory.org). While you are there, take a virtual tour of the White House and check out its china and art collections.

Are you looking for a specific document from a previous administration? Visit the National Archives and Records Administration site (www.archives.gov). Use this source or one of the presidential libraries linked to it to find an example of an executive order, or try finding a presidential veto message.

If your interests are more current, there are a couple of excellent sources for following the day-to-day activities of the president. First, you can read daily press releases and briefings, the same ones that reporters use for their stories, by going to the White House Official Source (www.whitehouse.gov). If you have the software, you can also listen to the president's Saturday radio address. Try comparing a White House press release with a published press account of that release. How true to the original release is the media story?

For a more visual experience of the White House, go to C-SPAN's site on the Bush administration (www.c-span.org/executive). This site provides audio and video coverage of the goings-on at the White House. Presidential speeches, bill-signing ceremonies, and press briefings can be viewed or heard live. Pick an event that interests you and write your own news story.