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The American Presidency – grades 10-12

Posted By eparker On August 16, 2011 @ 3:50 pm In | Comments Disabled

Author: Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the History Channel

This group of lessons was created as part of the permanent American Presidency – A Glorious Burden exhibit at the National Museum of American History.  It includes grade level adaptations for grades 4-12.  Lessons provided for grades 10-12 cover the topics:  Campaigns and Elections, Roles and Responsibilities, Limits of Power,  Assassination and Mourning, and Communicating the Presidency.

Objectives

  • Students will gain understanding of the role of the President in American government.
  • Students will learn about the responsibilities and limitations of the President.
  • Students will learn about the presidency and its relationship to American culture and media.
  • Students will use and understand primary and secondary documents.

Source

http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html [1]


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