powerpoint given to 12th grade government class.

1. Presidential Roles &
Responsibilities
The Many Hats of the American
President

2. question of the day
• within 10 calories, how many calories is
a typical 5 oz. paczki?
• more than 400, less than 450.
• 420

3. presidency unit:
administrative
• roughly three weeks.
• that puts your next test somewhere
between march 13th-18th.
• no long-term project.
• need to bring your government textbook
to class every day.
• keep everything I give you for your
binder.

4. presidency unit: topics
• roles & responsibilities.
• inaugural addresses & state of the union speeches.
• growth of executive powers.
• first 100 days.
• security/secret service.
• Impeachment.
• first ladies.
• famous presidents.
• presidential characteristics.
• vice presidency.
• bureaucracy.

5. quick review
• what are the branches of the U.S.
government?
• what is separation of powers/checks
and balances?
• why did the Framers write these checks
and balances into the Constitution?

6. today’s objective
• identify the major responsibilities and
roles of the President of the United
States.

7. the president’s job
description
• work, with a partner, to read ch. 13
section 1 and complete the reading
guide.
• when completed, quiz each other on the
vocabulary…a vocabulary game is
imminent.

8. breaking it down
• what are the eight different roles the
president must play at the same time?
• what are three formal qualifications to
be president?
– what do you think?
• what restriction on presidential terms is
in place?
– do you agree?

9. (continued)
• what amendment set this limit?
• why do some want it removed? Why do
some want it to stay in place?
– what do you think?
• what does the president get paid?
– is that a fair salary?

10. critical thinking: your
turn
• informal qualifications to be president:

11. vocabulary extravaganza
• rules:
– 2 teams.
– one member from each team comes to the front,
faces away from the board.
– a vocabulary word will be projected on the board.
– your job is to describe the vocabulary word to your
teammate so they can guess it.
– you get three hints.
– each hint may not be longer than 3 words.
– i may use some words that are not on your
vocabulary list-- just to make things interesting.

12. example
BANANA
• you might say: “curved yellow fruit,” or,
“monkeys eat it.”
• got it?

13. round 1
commander in chief

14. round 2
chief citizen

15. round 3
chief of state

16. round 4
The President of the United States

17. round 5
chief executive

18. round 6
chief diplomat

19. round 7
chief of party

20. round 8
mr. traxler

21. round 9
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

22. round 10
John F. Kennedy

23. objective: revisited
• somebody name and explain one role of
the president.
• and another.
• and one more.