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  • Topic:The Executive Branch
  • Subject(s):Social Studies
  • Days:10
  • Grade(s):12
Key Learning: The Constitution establishes a largely undefined executive branch which has grown in size and power.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 
How has the executive branch evolved over time?
   
Concept: Presidency
SS.C.1.4.3  
Concept: Presidential Power
SS.C.2.4.3   SS.A.5.4.8  
Concept: Bureaucratic Organization
SS.A.5.4.8  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How is the president elected? (A)

What are the constitutional and traditional requirements for the presidency? (A)

Lesson Essential Question(s):

What is the role of the president in the development and execution of foreign and domestic policy? (A)

What events have acted as catalysts in increasing the power of the president? (A)

What competing philosophies of presidential power have been demonstrated by presidents throughout history? (A)

Lesson Essential Question(s):

What are the three categories of bureaucratic organizations? (A)

Vocabulary:

Twenty-second Amendment, Twenty-fifth Amendment, State of the Union Address, Electoral College, Article II, Twelfth Amendment, Twentieth Amendment

Vocabulary:

executive privilege, War Powers Act, pocket veto, executive order, pardon, amnesty, executive agreement

Vocabulary:

Cabinet, Executive Office of the President, Independent agencies

Additional Info:

The Presidency Video (The Power Game) The Unelected Video (The Power Game) Foldables on the many roles of the President and bureaucracy

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Vocabulary Report

  • Twenty-second Amendment -
  • Cabinet -
  • executive privilege -
  • Executive Office of the President -
  • War Powers Act -
  • Twenty-fifth Amendment -
  • Independent agencies -
  • State of the Union Address -
  • pocket veto -
  • Electoral College -
  • executive order -
  • pardon -
  • Article II -
  • amnesty -
  • Twelfth Amendment -
  • executive agreement -
  • Twentieth Amendment -