The Presidency

Web links

Each group will be assigned a different president.  Make a PowerPoint presentation describing the presidency you are assigned.  The presentation needs to be about events that took place during the presidency, rather than simply about the president himself.  Focus on what the president and his administration accomplished or conflicts he had with Congress during his time in office.

The following Web sites are a good starting point.

• Library of Congress: American Memory (select "Presidents")
  
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
   

• University of Virginia, Miller Center of Public Affairs

          http://www.americanpresident.org/

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids (select "Historical Documents", Branches of Government", "How Laws Are Made", and Glossary".)
  
  http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html
   

• U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: The Charters of Freedom (select "Constitution of the United States.)

          http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters.html

• Library of Congress: Enactment of a Law

          http://thomas.loc.gov/home/enactment/executive.html

• Internet Public Library (University of Michigan School of Information): POTUS (Presidents of the United States

           http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

• PBS: The American President

          http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amerpres/

• Smithsonian Education: IdeaLab: Mr. President

          http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/idealabs/mr_president.html

• Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History:  The American Presidency, a Glorious Burden

           http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html

• Student.gov (see "Government 101", American History")

          http://students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/index.jsp

• University of Virginia, Miler Center of Public Affairs: WhiteHouseTapes.org

          http://whitehousetapes.org/