On September 8, the Department of Education plans to run streaming video of President Barack Obama into the nation’s public school classrooms. Teachers and students are carving time out their learning schedule to hear the President speak. The the exact subject of his speech is unclear at this point, but it’s likely to revolve around his signed resolution marking September 11th as a “National Day of Service.”

The Department of Ed’s Teaching Ambassador Fellows group has put out a pre-K-6th grade “Menu of Classroom Activities” for teachers across the country to follow before, during and after the President’s statement:

—Before the speech, build students’ background knowledge of President Barack Obama by reading books about him and other U.S. Presidents. Ask students, “Why do you think he wants to speak to you?”

Kinda related, I thunk.