NAME: DATE: PD:
CHIEF OF STATE
Fill in the schedule below with 4 events that the President should attend in the ceremonial role of Chief of State as well as one additional event that will be attended by either the VP or First Lady. Past Presidents have participated in the following: sporting events (throwing out the 1st pitch to open baseball season), the opening or anniversary of a national park or monument (WW2 Memorial), meeting with world leaders (G8 Summit in Sea Island, GA in 2004), funerals for world leaders and dignitaries (Hillary Clinton attended Princess Di’s funeral), holiday celebrations (lighting the national Christmas tree), awards ceremonies (Congressional Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom) and well as many other events.
EVENT / DATE / LOCATION / ATTENDING / WHY THIS EVENT?*25 BOXES – 4 PTS EACH (Daily Grade)
CHIEF DIPLOMAT
Compose a tweet (140 characters max) or a TXT MSG from the President to the leader of another nation. The topic should be the relationship between the two countries and/or leaders.
-include abbreviated words where appropriate.
-include key points of the relationship between the two.
-be short and to the point but at least one paragraph.
-be written in a friendly way as if you were personally involved.
-include the regular, non-text message version
Citizenship Unit2 Executive Branch IDEAL PRESIDENT PROJECT
NAME: DATE: PD:
CHIEF LEGISLATOR
Use the RAFTS writing model to suggest a new law or a change to an existing law. The law you choose should be a Federal law, meaning it applies to the entire country. You may write the letter from any point-of-view that you choose, however, EITHER THE ROLE OR THE AUDIENCE MUST BE THE PRESIDENT.
Using the 3-5 paragraph model, outline your letter below.
Write the final version on your own paper.
Introduction / 3 main ideas / Closing
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The current estimations for the United States 2014 Federal Budget show revenues of __3.03 trillion dollars__ and spending totaling _3.77 trillion dollars_. This leaves a BUDGET DEFICIT of ______744 billion dollars______. (*DAILY GRADE)
Citizenship Unit2 Executive Branch IDEAL PRESIDENT PROJECT
NAME: DATE: PD:
CHIEF OF PARTY
As chief of party the President is also the primary fundraiser for the political party. Write a jingle that can be used for campaign fundraising in the 2016 Elections.
- Choose a political party to support
- Pick 3 issues important to your party to include
- Ask for money*QUIZ GRADE
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
Complete 1 of the following 2 in a fully developed paragraph (minimum 7 sentences):
A)Forecast how things will change over the next 3 years with President Obama in office.
B)Hypothesize how things would be different if Mitt Romney had been elected.
Address the following issues in your paragraph: 1) The reduction in the number of troops in Iraq has resulted in fewer US casualties but an increase in violence among the people. 2) The planned troop reduction in Afghanistan (will the results be different or the same as Iraq?) 3) The increased use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or Drones) in fighting the war on terror, including the use of drones to attack US citizens who are involved with terrorist organizations overseas.
*QUIZ GRADES
JUDICIAL POWER
Using the Judicial Power, President Obama may appoint 1-2 more Supreme Court Justices during his tenure in office. This will surely shift the balance of The Court, which currently stands at 4 conservative Justices, 4 liberal Justices, and 1 moderate. Create a political cartoon that addresses this issue.