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Learning Targets:
Learning Targets:
- Examine the presidency in terms of the executive power, the evolution of the presidency from 1789 to present
- Examine what is "big" about government, the bureaucracy; both the distinctiveness and the size of the government
- Trace the development of the presidency and the provisions for choosing and replacing presidents
- Identify and describe the constitutional powers of the president
- Evaluate the development and expansion of presidential power
- Outline the structure of the presidential establishment and the functions of each of its components
- Explain the concept of presidential leadership, and analyze the importance of public opinion
- Assess the president's role as policymaker
- Trace the growth and development of the federal bureaucracy
- Describe modern bureaucrats, and outline the structure of the modern bureaucracy
- Determine how the bureaucracy makes policy
- Evaluate controls designed to make agencies more accountable
Resources and Assignments:
Resources and Assignments:
Chapter 8: The Presidency
Chapter 8: The Presidency
Chapter 9: The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy
Chapter 9: The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy
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