Presidential Roles &Responsibilities

The Many Hats of the AmericanPresident

question of the day

• within 10 calories, how many calories isa typical 5 oz. paczki?

• more than 400, less than 450.

• 420

presidency unit:administrative• roughly three weeks.• that puts your next test somewhere

between march 13th-18th.• no long-term project.• need to bring your government textbook

to class every day.• keep everything I give you for your

binder.

presidency unit: topics

• roles & responsibilities.• inaugural addresses & state of the union speeches.• growth of executive powers.• first 100 days.• security/secret service.• Impeachment.• first ladies.• famous presidents.• presidential characteristics.• vice presidency.• bureaucracy.

quick review

• what are the branches of the U.S.government?

• what is separation of powers/checksand balances?

• why did the Framers write these checksand balances into the Constitution?

today’s objective

• identify the major responsibilities androles of the President of the UnitedStates.

the president’s jobdescription• work, with a partner, to read ch. 13

section 1 and complete the readingguide.

• when completed, quiz each other on thevocabulary…a vocabulary game isimminent.

breaking it down

• what are the eight different roles thepresident must play at the same time?

• what are three formal qualifications tobe president?– what do you think?

• what restriction on presidential terms isin place?– do you agree?

(continued)

• what amendment set this limit?• why do some want it removed? Why do

some want it to stay in place?– what do you think?

• what does the president get paid?– is that a fair salary?

critical thinking: yourturn• informal qualifications to be president:

vocabulary extravaganza

• rules:– 2 teams.– one member from each team comes to the front,

faces away from the board.– a vocabulary word will be projected on the board.– your job is to describe the vocabulary word to your

teammate so they can guess it.– you get three hints.– each hint may not be longer than 3 words.– i may use some words that are not on your

vocabulary list-- just to make things interesting.

example

BANANA

• you might say: “curved yellow fruit,” or,“monkeys eat it.”

• got it?

round 1

commander in chief

round 2

chief citizen

round 3

chief of state

round 4

The President of the United States

round 5

chief executive

round 6

chief diplomat

round 7

chief of party

round 8

mr. traxler

round 9

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

round 10

John F. Kennedy

objective: revisited

• somebody name and explain one role ofthe president.

• and another.• and one more.