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Background: The President of the United State performs many roles during his/her time in White House. These roles are the following:

Commander-in-Chief Chief Administrator Chief of State Chief Diplomat Chief Executive Chief Legislator Chief of Party Chief Citizen Economic Leader Judicial Leader

Task:

1. Use your notes and Section 13.4 (pages 240-243) of your textbook for details on the roles of the President.

2. Use your smartphone or one of my laptops to choose a following source:a. pbs.org/wbgh/americanexperience/collections/presidents/b. archives.gov/research/topicsc. archives.gov/presidential-librariesd. ipl.org/div/potus

3. Using these sources, complete the following:a. Identify the US President that you will be researchingb. Using three different examples/events from the presidency, describe three roles that

your president demonstrated during his presidency. Your description should include:i. What happened in each of the example you identified

ii. How did the president demonstrate the role you identified in each exampleiii. In what ways did your president use his roles in influence public policyiv. Did your President successfully enforce the laws of the Constitution during their

time? Why or why not?v. Analyze the ways in which the president you chose changed the role of the

presidency. Did they change it for good or for worse? Explain your answer.4. Lastly, imagine you are the President, and you arrange a meeting with the President of Russia,

Vladimir Putin. He has been carrying out military exercises very close to US airspace. You are concerned that Putin might make a move that threatens the safety of the US. What would you do to respond and how would you use your presidential roles to solve the problem?