Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding the purposes, organization, and functions of the institutions of the national government. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding the major responsibilities of the national government for domestic and foreign policy. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions about the role of public opinion in American politics. Reconstruct the temporal order and connections disclosed in historical narratives and biographies and draw upon that information to construct sound interpretations of the text. Demonstrate historical continuity and/or change with respect to a particular historical development or theme by reconstructing and analyzing the chronological succession and duration of events associated with it. Draw upon visual, literary, and musical sources including: (a) photographs, paintings, cartoons, and architectural drawings; (b) novels, poetry, and plays; and (c) folk, popular, and classical music to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative.

Before attempting this activity, all students should have prior knowledge about the five designated roles of the presidency: 1. Chief Executive 2. Commander In Chief 3. Chief Legislator 4. Chief Diplomat 5. Chief of State This information may be transferred from the teacher to the student in a variety of ways, such as: Vocabulary exercises, flash cards, oral discussion, note-taking, student research, etc. In addition, all students participating must have a general understanding of how to browse the Internet or a particular Web Site to acquire the necessary information.

The teacher participating in this activity must have a classroom set of computers or should have access to a computer lab. If each student is unable to work on his/her own computer, you may want to group the students together so all can participate in this activity. In addition, the teacher will want to browse the following Web Site before assigning this activity to become familiar with the material being researched by the students. WWW.Politics1.com If possible, the teacher/computer lab technician should establish a proxy on this site to prohibit the student from browsing alternate, perhaps irrelevant and/or inappropriate sites.

The teacher will know the students have learned if they are successful in identifying

Classroom set of computers/access to computer lab Internet Access