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 4-6 cover the topics: Campaigning, Inauguration, What do Presidents do?, Life in the White House, and Assassination and Mourning.
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.
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