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 7-9 cover the topics:  Campaigns and Elections, Roles and Responsibilities, Life in the White House, and Assassination and Mourning, 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]