AGBU Vatche & Tamar Manoukian High School
Two Week Schedule (TWS)

Subject: AP Government and Politics

Date: 1/9-1/16

Instructor: Wiebe

Date / Objectives / Activity / Classwork / Homework
1/9 / -Introduce the Presidency
-Identify presidential vocabulary.
-Debate limits on presidential power. / -Warm-up: What makes an ideal president. Introduce vocabulary: Bully Pulpit, Veto, Informal Power
-Video clip: Inside the White House.
-Article: What Makes a Great President?
-Discuss/Debate: Vocab / -Textbook pg 400-408
1/12 / -Explain organization of the executive office.
-Discuss duties of the president / -“All in a Day’s Work” activity
-Students discuss the various responsibilities of the president. / -Textbook408-414
1/13 / -Evaluate the role of the White House Staff and Cabinet
-Identify Federal agencies. / -Presidential Quiz
-Warm-up: How does the President exercise power through the federal bureaucracy?
-Video Clip: Inside the Whitehouse, press secretary.
-Identify different roles of White House staffers.
-Identify and discuss roles of federal bureaucracy. / -Article: Is Obama an Imperial President?
1/14 / Identify and discuss the evolution of presidential power. / Chart: How did FDR, Roosevelt and Lincoln increase presidential powers?
-Discussion: The rise of the imperial presidency. How do presidents today compare with early presidencies.
Vocab: Executive order, privilege and pardons. / -State of the Union Analysis. Email to Wiebe
Textbook 427-430
1/15 / -Discuss the role media and the presidency / Video Clip: Inside the Whitehouse: press secretary.
-How has the use of media impacted the presidency? How can this be a detriment and boon to the president? Nixon, Clinton vs. FDR and Obama
-Article: “When Presidents lie” / -Textbook 422-426 plus Obama Drone War article on nowcomment.com
1/16 / -Review key terms and vocabulary
-Discuss Obama’s foreign policy. / -Article: Obama and the drone wars. Does this violate the War Powers Act?
- / -Prepare for presidential fishbowl.
1/16 / -Review key terms and vocabulary
-Discuss Obama’s foreign policy. / -Article: Obama and the drone wars. Does this violate the War Powers Act?
- / -Prepare for presidential fishbowl.