AGENDA Thurs 12/1 & Fri 12/2

RAP #27: Hail to the Chief HW Review POTUS Details Presidential Exhibits Part 1 HW: PG 386 #13-18

– POTUS Job Performance Survey– Survey Results DUE: Wed 12/7 & Thurs 12/8

Examine the appointments in the daily diary of a modern president.

Then answer the following questions:

1. What observations can you make about the president’s schedule on this day?

2. Why do you think the president has so many different responsibilities?

3. What qualities do you think the president needs to fulfill these many roles?

Which president’s daily diary do you think this is?

This daily diary is from President Jimmy Carter, on April 24, 1980. This is the same day he learned that an attempt to rescue American hostages held at the U.S. embassy in Iran had failed.

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Qualifications

1. Natural born Citizen

2. 35 years old (usually much older)

3. Must live in the US for 14 years (does not have to be consecutive)

Term

4 years 22nd Amendment placed term limits on

presidency Only 2 terms and no more than 10 years

Compensation

$400,000 a year, a pay cut for most $50,000 a year allowance Pension (Retirement) $193,400– the same annual salary paid to

secretaries of the Cabinet agencies

Gets to live in the White House Cars, plane, helicopters Retreats Healthcare Entertainment and travel funds And they get to be the PRESIDENT

Presidential Succession

Succession is the line of who takes office if the president is unable to perform his duties

Set up in 1967 with the 25th amendment– was tradition before – further succession outlined in the Presidential Succession Act

of 1947

Vice President is first in line Then Speaker of the House Check out page 359 for a full chart

Vacancy of office of the President

Presidents can be prevented from carrying out their duties by death, illness, resignation, or impeachment

Death has been the most common reason for Presidential succession

If a President is temporarily disabled… ill, goes in for surgery, is in an accident, goes to rehab, etc… the VP takes over as Acting President

Pres must show that disability is repaired to come back and must be approved by VP and Cabinet as well as Congress

The Vice Presidency

VP is basically an assistant or top aide to the President

They can just be a warm body or they can help politically

If VP vacates office, then the President appoints a new VP and they must be approved by Congress

Pay = $227,300

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ReadingRead Section 13.1.

Then respond to these questions:

• What was typical about President Ford’s day on April 28,1975? What event occurred that was not typical?

• What roles and responsibilities did the president perform on this day?

• What qualities do you think modern presidents must have to fulfill their many roles?

Complete the chart using 13.2

Chief ExecutivesLevel of

GovernmentTitle Qualifications How are

they elected?

How can they be

removed from office?

National

State

Local

Read Section 13.3 and follow the directions in Notebook Guide 13 to complete the Reading Notes.

Reading

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POTUS ExhibitsYou and your partner will now study each one of these four presidents and be given an envelope of materials about each President.

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• Franklin Roosevelt

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• George H.W. Bush

Packet Contents

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The materials in your envelope include:

• overview

• daily diary

• documents

• transcript of audio clip

• photographs

Appointments in President Roosevelt’s Daily Diary

President Roosevelt Document 1

President Roosevelt Document 2

Transcript of President Roosevelt Audio Clip

A Day in the Life of President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt Photograph 1President Roosevelt Photograph 2

POTUS Exhibits

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Step 1: Learn about each POTUS.

1)Read the handout about the day in the life of the president.

2)Next, examine the daily diary of the president on this day.

3)Discuss the following questions. Use information from your notes and the handout in the discussion.

• What important crisis or event did the president deal with on this day?

• What presidential roles did he perform in dealing with this crisis or event? In what ways did he demonstrate these roles?

• What presidential roles did the president perform in dealing with his other responsibilities? In what ways did he demonstrate these roles?

POTUS Exhibits

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Step 2: Record Important Details

1)Using the handout, “Touring Exhibits” record information from the various artifacts in the Exhibit envelope for each of the four POTUS.

Homework: POTUS Job Performance Survey

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Create and conduct an opinion survey to evaluate the current president’s job performance.• Your survey will have nine questions.

The first eight questions will focus on the eight presidential roles. For each of these questions, provide a brief description of that role and then ask, Do you approve or disapprove of the way the president is performing in this role? Add a final question that assesses the president’s overall job performance.

• Conduct the survey by polling at least 10 individuals outside your class.

• Compile your survey results for each of the nine questions. Then write a paragraph summarizing your results.

Survey Results

Create a table to record your survey results. Each person you survey must print and sign their name

on your cover sheet. After you survey 10 people, tabulate the results and

write a summary including an overview/reflection of public opinion of the current POTUS’ job performance.

Then include your thoughts/reflection regarding your public opinion survey specifically related to validity, reliability, accuracy and overall effectiveness in measuring the POTUS’ job performance.

Conclude with a reflection about public opinion surveys in general related to validity, reliability, accuracy and overall effectiveness in measuring a specific variable.