Tuesday 10/27
• RAP
• If you do great on this test, should you come retake it?
• If no, why not?
• If you do poorly on this test, should you come retake it?
• If yes, when?
• Today
• TEST on Unit 3
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Title Unit 3 Test
Name
Form A or B
All capital letters please
• Anticipation guide for Ch. 13 on board.
Chapter 13 Anticipation guide
Read each statement carefully. Write agree if you agree with the statement.
Write disagree if you do not believe it to be true.
1. The President has only one role to fill and that is as commander in chief of our armed forces.
Agree
Disagree
Page #
2. All of our Presidents have been born in America.
Agree
Disagree
Page #
3. A President can only serve a maximum of 8 years or two terms.
Agree
Disagree
Page #
4. The President’s salary is $400,000 a year.
Agree
Disagree
Page #
After you have answered all of the statements, get a textbook and go through chapter 13 to either
confirm your answer or to find the proof as to why your answer is incorrect.
Write the page # that the information is on,
and the exact words written in the text to support your answer or show why it was incorrect.
Wednesday 10/28
RAP
• Do you have a job (outside of school)? Write down the title of your job (i.e.:
server, host or hostess) and then write down ALL of the responsibilities that
you have when performing that job.
• IF you DO NOT have a job outside of school, write down what one of your
parents/guardians do for a living; their title and their responsibilities. OR write down the
different responsibilities that you have at home.
Today:
CE
CNN student news
begin Ch. 13.1—The President’s Job Description
Chapter 13 Anticipation guide
Read each statement carefully. Write agree if you agree with the statement.
Write disagree if you do not believe it to be true.
1. The President has only one role to fill and that is as commander in chief of our armed forces.
Agree
Disagree
Page #354-355
2. All of our Presidents have been born in America.
Agree
Disagree
Page #356
3. A President can only serve a maximum of 8 years or two terms.
Agree
Disagree
Page #356
4. The President’s salary is $400,000 a year.
Agree
Disagree
Page #358
After you have answered all of the statements, get a textbook and go through chapter 13 to either
confirm your answer or to find the proof as to why your answer is incorrect.
Write the page # that the information is on,
and the exact words written in the text to support your answer or show why it was incorrect.
Executive Branch
• Formal Qualifications:
• Natural born citizen
• 35 years old
• Lived in the US for at least 14 years
• Informal Qualifications?:
• Term length: 4 years
• Annual salary: $400,000 a year
• Annual expenses: $50,000 a year
The President’s Constitutional Powers
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Powers granted in the Constitution (Article II)
Commander in Chief
Appoints heads of executive departments
Grants pardons and Reprieves
Makes treaties
Appoints ambassadors, judges, Supreme Court Justices
Gives the State of the Union Address
Calls Congress into special session
Veto power
Meets with heads of state
Commissions military officers
Ensures that the laws of Congress are faithfully executed
• Summary
• Since President Barack Obama first took office:
• The economy has added nearly 8.4 million jobs — more than six times the
number gained under George W. Bush.
• The number of job openings doubled, to a record 5.7 million.
• Nearly 15 million fewer people lack health insurance coverage.
• Corporate profits are at record levels; stock prices have more than
doubled.
• However, median household income was down 3 percent as of 2014, and
the official poverty rate was 1.6 percentage points higher.
• The rate of home ownership has dropped to the lowest point in nearly half
a century.
• The federal debt owed to the public has more than doubled — up 107
percent.
Ch. 13: The Presidency
• Please open your text book to page 354.
• Answer the questions on the handout for Ch. 13.1,13.2, and 13.3.
• DUE Thursday. 
Thursday 10/29
• RAP
• What are the formal qualifications of the POTUS?
• Does POTUS have just one job?
• Explain.
• Today:
• Complete The World’s Toughest Job
• Review jobs PPT
• Read and answer questions for Ch. 13.4 and 13.5
Thursday 10/29
RAP
• How old do you have to be to run for President of the US?
• Is this old enough? Too old?
• Today:
• The World’s Toughest job --- reading and questions.
• Ch. 13.1, 13.2, and 13.3 PPT notes
• video on Presidency.
Complete 15 minutes.
• Read “The World’s toughest Job”
• Answer the questions at the end in your notes.
• Review toughest job reading.
Executive Branch
• The primary function of the executive branch is to execute laws. It
consists of the President, Vice President, the Cabinet, and the Federal
Bureaucracy.
President’s Roles
• Chief administrator:
• Makes appointments and runs the Federal bureaucracy.
President’s Roles
• Chief Citizen
• The representative of all the people
President’s Roles
• Chief Diplomat
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Main architect of foreign policy
Makes treaties
Executive agreements
Recognizes other nations
President’s Roles
• Chief executive
• Carry out and enforce laws
• Executive orders
• Reprieves (postpone)
• Pardons (release)
• Commutation (reduce)
• Amnesty
Does the President need Congressional approval to issue an executive order?
President’s Roles
• Chief legislator
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Main architect of public policy
Recommends legislation
Signs bill into law
Vetoes bills
Calls special sessions of Congress
President’s Roles
• Chief of party
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Leader of his/her political party
Party platform
Party goals
Selects party chair person
Attends fundraising events
President’s Roles
• Chief of State
• Ceremonial head of U.S.
• Lights national Christmas tree,
Gives awards or medals, throws out
First pitch.
• Hosts dignitaries
President’s Roles
• Commander in chief
• Direct and immediate control of armed forces
• Keep the peace
• Call national guard to federal service
President’s Roles
• Economic Chief
• Annual economic report to Congress
• Council of Economic Advisor helps the
President study the economy and prepare report
• Must prepare the federal budget every year.
Ch. 13.3 Presidential Selection: The Framers’ Plan
• In formal terms, the President is chosen according to the provisions of the
Constitution.
• In practice, however, the President is elected through a process which is a
combination of constitutional provisions, State and federal laws, and a number of
practices born of the nation’s political parties.
• Original Provisions:
• Popular vote or Congress
• Most legislatures came to believe as Alexander Hamilton that if Congress selected it would give
them too much power.
• After debate:
• Framers put forward a plan by Hamilton: President and VP would be chosen by a special body of
presidential electors.
• Electors would cast two votes.
• Candidate with the most votes would become President, second most votes would become VP.
Hamilton’s Plan
• Most votes President
• Second most votes VP
• Look at the chart on page 366.
• Electors were intended to be the most enlightened and respectable citizens
from each state.
Rise of Political Parties:
• Electoral college, is a group of people chosen from each State and the District
of Columbia to formally select the President and VP
• This worked only twice. During Washington’s presidency
• With the rise of political parties in 1796, flaws began to appear.
• Federalists – John Adams v. Democratic Republicans – Thomas Jefferson
• Jefferson lost by three votes and became Adams VP
Election of 1800
• Again Federalists v. Democratic Republicans
• Each party nominated Presidential and VP
candidates.
• They also nominated presidential electors, who
would then pick their party’s presidential and vp
nominees.
• 73 Democratic Republicans, who won posts as
electors cast their vote for Democratic
Republicans-Jefferson and Burr
• This resulted in a tie for the presidency: Jefferson
and Aaron Burr.
• The Constitution gave each elector two votes, each to
be cast for a different person, but each to be cast for
someone as president.
• Finally Jefferson was chosen by the House, and this
marked changes to the process of electing the
President.
Election of 1800 three new elements
1. Party nominations for the presidency and VP
2. The nomination of candidates for presidential electors pledged to
vote for their party’s presidential ticket
3. The automatic casting of the electoral votes in line with those
pledges
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12
Amendment
• Election of 1800 also resulted in the 12th amendment.
• Added in 1804
• To make sure there would never be another such fiasco.
• Separated the presidential and VP elections
“The Electors…shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and
in distinct ballots the person voted for as VP.”
• So no repeat of a tie like in 1800, and president and VP will almost certainly guaranteed
to be of the same party.
• Look at the timeline of the 12th amendment on page 366.
• Answer the question below.
• Look at the map on page 367, answer the question below.
Ch. 13.4 and 13.5 DUE Friday –no time in
class on Friday
• Lab 2 on Friday!
Friday 10/30
• RAP
• If you had a choice of a POTUS to research, which would you choose? Why?
• Today:
• Research a president of the US.
• DUE the 5th of November. 
President Project
• Pick your groups of 3.
• Pick your president –random
• Review requirements
• Rubric will be online
• Lab 3 on Monday –come here for assembly schedule
• We will complete the 301 and you will then have the remainder of assembly and 4th
period to complete the project.
Monday 11/2
• RAP
• How many examples do you need for each job the president does while in
office?
• Do you need an intro slide and a conclusion slide?
• Would it be a good idea to have a quiz at the end? Explain.
• Today:
• 301
• Work on PPT for president
• Ch. 14 reading notes
Tuesday 11/3
RAP
• Watch the video on the electoral college.
• In your opinion, based on what you know:
• Do you agree with using the electoral college to choose the President of the U.S.
• Explain.
You will be reading about the electoral college in Ch. 13 
Today:
• “Let Bartlet be Bartlet”
West wing: Let Bartlet Be Bartlet
Wednesday 3/25
• RAP
• What was the biggest challenge in completing your President Project?
• Why?
• When is your project due?
• Today:
• Check Ch. 13
• Review the rest of Ch. 13: turn in Ch. 13.4 and 13.5 for grade. 
• Work on Ch. 14 reading and notes.
• DUE Thursday for check and grade
Turn in Ch. 13.4 and 13.5 handout
• Just rip it off and turn it in. 
• Make sure your name is on it.
Open your textbook to Ch. 14: page 388
• Please read and complete your handout Please read quietly.
• You may listen to music; one ear bud in and one out.
Wednesday 10/29
RAP
• What is the best way for a Presidential candidate to get his platform
out to the people?
• Give 3 examples.
Today:
• CE presentations
• Check 13.4
• Present Hoover, FDR, Eisenhower, and JFK
President notes
• Name
• Bio
• Education, etc.
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First lady
Scandals
Chief Executive
Chief of state
Chief legislator
Party chief
Commander in Chief
Chief diplomat
Economic chief