1. The Executive Branch

2. Warm Up:
Identify the President’s
Role Clinton appointed Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the
 1) President
Supreme Court.
 2) Jimmy Carter brought Egypt and Israel together to sign
the Camp David Peace Accords in 1979.
 3) President Clinton sent Hillary Clinton to represent the
United States at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.
 4) President Kennedy ordered America's nuclear forces on
high alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
 5) President Carter placed restrictions on the sale of
gasoline during the 1979 energy crisis.
 6) The president made his annual state-of-the union address
to Congress to outline his agenda for the year.

3. U.S. Constitution – Article II
 Review
 Legal requirements for the Presidency in the
Constitution
○ go to pg 766 in American Government
textbook
 Roles/jobs of the President
 Brainstorm traits and skills that would
help a candidate succeed in office
 Make a list

4. The Roles
 The Constitution speaks briefly about the
duties of the President
 His duties can be broken into 6 main roles:
 Chief of State
 Chief Executive
 Chief Diplomat
 Commander in Chief
 Chief Legislator
 Chief of Party

5. C-SPAN 2009 Presidential
Leadership Survey
 65 presidential historians ranked 42
former presidents on ten leadership
attributes
 Top/Bottom Ten
 Individual leadership characteristics
http://legacy.c-span.org/PresidentialSurvey/presidential-leadership-survey.aspx

6. Most Important Role Today
 Given the challenges that the Unites
States is facing right now, what would
you say is the Presidents’ most
important role?
 What should Obama pay particular
attention to? Why?

7. Oversees Numerous Departments Offices, Agencies, Bureaus, etc
Executive Departments
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Education (ED)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of Labor (DOL)
Department of State (DOS)
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Department of the Treasury
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

8. All the President’s
Men and Women
 Learn who helps the President in all of
his roles
 Match the job to its description

9. Wrap-Up:
Pick one of the quotes below, then answer the
questions in paragraph form
“The only title in our democracy superior to
that of President is the title of citizen.”
- Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice (1856-1941)
“I not only use all of the brains I have but
all I can borrow.”
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the U.S. (1856-1924)
What do you think the author is saying?
Do you agree or disagree and why?