Unit 1:
Government Beginnings
Day 9:
Day 9:
Learning Target: Identify the characteristics of good presidents along with the roles they play while in office.
Learning Target: Identify the characteristics of good presidents along with the roles they play while in office.
1. Quote:
"When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency."
-Harry S Truman
5. Class discussion on the characteristics of a good president
a. Have students come up with their own ideas
b. Look at the list of characteristics of Presidents
c. Have students try to identify Presidents that fit their descriptions
6. PPT on the roles of the President
a. Formal roles
b. Informal roles
Student Work:
Exit Ticket:
Name the 2 most important roles that the President plays a part in.