Guided Tour Template

A Guided Tour of The student will analyze the various roles played by the President of the United States including Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Chief Executive, Chief Agenda Setter, Representative of the Nation, Chief of State, Foreign Policy Leader, and Party Leader. The student will also describe the qualifications for becoming President of the United States.

Ashley Overstreet Grade Level: 10th Site #1 Site Title: State of the Union Address: A meshing of many ideas Site URL: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-0129-sotu-speech_x.htm Annotation: This article explains how the president of the United States is an agenda setter. The state of the union address is felt by many Americans as the agenda for the year. The president outlines they things he would like Americans and policy leaders to focus on in the year. Activity 1: Students will ready the article and give a brief summary of above five sentences. Site #2 Site Title: US Presidents Word Find Site URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres/wordsearch/p reswordsearch.shtml Annotation: This site provides a word find for students. This word find allows the students to say and search for the presidents by their last name. Getting familiar with the name of the presidents will help them in later education. Activity 1: Students will say and look for the last name of the president in the word find. While students are learning the role and qualifications of the president they need to become familiar with former presidents. This activity will be turned in as an extra

homework assignment to boost students grades at the end of the semester if needed. Site #3 Site Title: Administration of the Government Site URL: http://www.americanpresident.org/action/government_administr ation/a_index.shtml Annotation: The article describes how the president of the United States has many powers within the government but they are limited. The president is the leader of the executive branch of government. The president is chief over many appointed and non appointed persons within the administration. He maintains this government through appointments and timely schedules. Activity 1: The student must name three powers that the president of the United States has that are contained in this article. Site #4: Site Title: Qualifications for the office of President Site URL: http://www.presidentsusa.net/qualifications.html Annotation: Persons wanting to become president of the United States must be a natural born citizen of the United States, thirtyfive or older and have been a resident of the United States for at least fourteen years. Also no one can be president for more than two terms. Those who serve as president for more than two years under a term he has not been elected may only have one more term. Activity 1: Students will name another qualification they think should be included in the presidential office.

Site #5 Site Title: George Washington Site URL: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564084/George_Washi ngton.html Annotation: George Washington was a man that people admired for his work to gain independence. He never took advantage of this power he had over people and was convinced to become president. Activity 1: Students will read the introduction section of this web page and describe another president that they respected because of a good deed they have done as president that describes a role he plays as president. Site #6 Site Title: What’s in a Name? Site URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/what_name/quiz/ Annotation: The following site is a link to a quiz that is ten questions which ask general question concerning the president of the United States. From what is his middle name, to what are the different rooms of the White House named after. Activity 1: Students will go online and take a ten question quiz which will familiarize their general knowledge concerning the current president and basic ideas about the white house. This activity will help the students develop knowledge about our current president. The students will earn a point for each question answered correctly to be added to their next test.

Site #7 Site Title: Commander-In-Chief Site URL: http://regentsprep.org/regents/ushisgov/themes/presidentialacti ons/commander.cfm Annotation: This web page describes what role the president has a commander in chief. Also, it gives examples of the way presidents have used their duty as commander in chief. Activity 1: Students will read the brief summary on the commander in chief, and pick one of the examples given on the web page illustrating the president as commander in chief. After reading this example the student will write a brief summary about the example and tell why they agree or disagree with how the president handled the situation. Site #8 Site Title: Commander-IN-Chief Site URL: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Commander-inChief Annotation: This article explains the commander in chief role on different countries throughout the world. How the United States commander in chief is different from other countries. Activity 1: Students will read this article and give one way in which our commander in chief is the same or different compared with another country in the article.