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Lesson fundamental understandings:
Essential
Questions:
Standards
National Standards 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.
State Standards
Lesson
Prerequisite Skills
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.
Teacher
Information/Situations/Setting/Time 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.
Assessment
The teacher will know the students have learned if they are
successful in identifying
Student Activity/Tasks
Enrichment/Alternate Activity:
Cross-Curricular:
Technology
Requirements/Tools/Materials
Classroom set of computers/access to computer lab
Internet
Access
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