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The American Presidency
By
Amber Strawser
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The Founding of a Nation
10th Grade American History
The American Presidency
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Objectives
Students will have a basic understanding of the US presidency
Students will understand why the presidency was created with safeguards.
Students will be able to name the Roles of the President
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Materials
Books on the American Presidency Books on the American Presidents The film “1776”
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Websites
http://www.whitehouse.gov http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html http://www.thepresidency.org/ http://www.americanpresident.org/home6.htm http://www.surfnetkids.com/quiz/president/
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Activities
Research the presidency an determine which president is the greatest.
Write an essay and tell me why!
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Let’s Start With A Little Trivia
Which President's mother forced him to wear dresses until age five?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Try Another One.
Which President was an assistant teacher at the NYC school for the blind prior to
being president?
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Grover Cleveland
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Last Chance
Which president suggested a system where ANNUAL elections should be
held on February 29?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Roles of the President
Head of State
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Roles of the President
Commander in Chief
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Roles of the President
Chief Executive
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Roles of the President
Chief Diplomat
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Roles of the President
Legislative Leader
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Roles of the President
Party Leader
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Roles of the President
National Leader
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The Cabinet
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The Cabinet
Formed by the leaders of the executive departments.
Chosen by the President. Approved by the Senate. Also includes the Vice President. Offer advice for the President.
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Checks and Balances System
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Checks and Balances System
The Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branch hold each other accountable to
maintain balance in the government and to keep any one branch from obtaining
too much power.
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The Basics
May serve a maximum of two terms.
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The Basics
Must be a natural born citizen.
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The Basics
Must be 35 years old.
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The Basics
A President term last four years.
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Representative Democracy
The election is in the form of a representative democracy.
Therefore: The election is nationwide. Each state has a winner and this winner
takes all in the state. All the votes of each state go to the
winner of said state.
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The Vice President
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The Vice President
Roles of the Vice President
Presides over the Senate Takes over upon the death of the President National Security Council member Cabinet Member Presidential Advisor
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Why so many regulations?
The founders wanted to be sure not to give any one leader too much control.
Why?They had suffered under a King and wanted to
be sure that they never had live under one supreme ruler again.
Therefore the legislative and judicial branches are given the power to keep the President in
check.
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Why Term Limits?
Term limits are to keep the president from becoming a life-long leader.
He remains only an elected official in power for four to eight years.
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Why Representative Democracy?
Representative democracy was chosen to give the people a say while still leaving the power in the hands of Congress.
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The End