U4 LP7 NotesandClasswork

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Date: _______ / ________ / 2011 U4.LP7: Powers of the President
Objective: Students will analyze primary source documents in order to explain the powers and
responsibilities of the President, including the issuance of Executive Orders.
Warm-‐Up
Review the following questions from your past exit slips. These are questions that less than 50% of the
class got correct.
4. The executive branch is mostly likely to do 2. Which of these has the MOST control over the
the following: United States’ defense spending?
A. declare war A. The Supreme Court
B. oversee the military B. the Secretary of the Treasury
C. pass a defense spending bill C. the Congress
D. host trials for war criminals D. the Secretary of State

5. Which of the following federal 4. Which of these could result if a state’s population
government positions is not appointed by declined over time?
the President? A. increased funding from Congress for social programs
A. Speaker of the House B. reduced representation in the House of
B. Attorney General Representatives
C. Secretary of State C. reduced representation in the United States Senate
D. Supreme Court Justice D. greater number of electors to the Electoral College
HOMEWORK
Complete your Executive Organization Project.
It is due on Monday, February 14th, 2011 for B-‐DAY classes.
It is due on Tuesday, February 15th for A-‐DAY classes.
No late work will be accepted unless an excused absence form accompanies it.
Introduction to New Material
Main Points Supporting Details
Powers of the • The President is responsible for many different things, specifically:
President 1. "Take care that the laws be faithfully executed" – U.S. Constitution
2. Act as the Head of State in all international affairs.
3. Act as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
4. Act as Administrator of the Executive Branch Departments and Agencies
5. Exercise certain Legislative Authorities

Acting as Head of • As the Head of State, the President is responsible for:
State • Meeting with the leaders and ambassadors of other countries.
• Giving an annual State of the Union Address to Congress
• Making treaties, with two-‐thirds consent of the Senate
• The President also has the power to appoint ambassadors to other countries
(with the Senate's approval).

• As Commander in Chief, the President may:
Acting as • Oversee the Armed Forces
Commander in • Authorize the use of troops oversees without declaring war.
Chief o To declare war, he must get the approval of the Congress.

• As an administrator the President is responsible for
Administrative • Appointing the heads of each Executive Branch department. Of course, these
Duties appointments are subject to the approval of the Senate.
• Overseeing and evaluating the performance of each Executive Branch
department.
• Fill in administrative vacancies during Congressional recesses

• The President may use his legislative authority to:
Legislative • Recommend legislation to Congress
Authority • Convene Congress on extraordinary occasions
• Adjourn Congress, in cases of a disagreement about adjournment
• Issue Executive Orders to Executive Branch agencies

• Executive Orders are orders to the staff of the Executive branch, and not to
Executive Orders
citizens.

• They are issued in order to interpret, define, or carry out a law—they DO NOT

create new laws.

• They have the force of federal law and must be in agreement with the

Constitution.

• Executive Orders are necessary, because when Congress makes a law, they

often don’t spell out how it should work or be implemented.

• Examples of such orders are:

• President Herbert Hoover signed E.O. 5658 on June 24, 1931. It is about executive orders. It
Examples of lays out all the helpful details you need to know about grammar, spelling, margins, selecting
Executive Orders a title, and even what size paper to use (8 Â½ x 11)
• In February 1948, a hopeful President Harry S. Truman sent Congress a 10-‐point proposal
on extending civil rights to African-‐Americans. Included in that plan was a proposal to
desegregate the military and phase out the all-‐black units dating back to the Civil War.
• President Roosevelt grounded his New Deal recovery program in the Works Progress

Administration, enacted by E.O. 7034 in 1935. The WPA built upon the hugely popular
Civilian Conservation Corps, and provided work to an estimated 8.5 million people. In its
eight years, it built over 600,000 miles of roads, 125,000 bridges, 8,000 parks, and 850
airport landing fields.
• Finally, numerous Presidents have granted pardons to a countless number of crooks and
improperly jailed citizens.

Students will analyze primary source documents in order to explain the powers of

the President, including the issuance of Executive Orders.
Instructions for In order to do so:
GP / IP 1. You will read brief excerpts from news articles and view pictures.
2. You will categorize the articles and pictures based on which Presidential
Power is being utilized.
3. You will then write a short description—at least 2 sentences—explaining
your thought process in arriving at the conclusion you did. You may use
quotations from the article to prove your point.

Guided Practice
President Obama signed executive orders Thursday directing the Central Intelligence Agency to shut
down what remains of its network of secret prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantanamo
detention camp within a year, government officials said.
Type of Presidential
Power
______________________________ Power OR ______________________________ Power
It is a ________________________________ power, because the President is issuing an
________________________________ ________________________________ directing an executive
Justification for
organization to ________________________________ in a certain way. This is also
your Conclusion
________________________________, because he is overseeing the CIA—an executive
________________________________.

Type of Presidential Commander-‐in-‐Chief
Power
President Obama is clearly acting as _______________________________________________________
Justification for because he is presenting himself in front of _______________________________. He is most
your Conclusion likely discussing issues of ___________________, maybe in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Independent Practice
Picture #1
Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

Obama Tweet #1
Joining Prime Minister Harper of Canada for a press conference. Watch live at 3:10pm ET.
http://wh.go/live
Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

Picture #2
Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

Mini-‐Article #1
On July 21, 2010 President signed the Wall Street Reform bill into law. One part of that law created the
new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect and empower American consumers with the
strongest consumer protections in history.

Elizabeth Warren, who is leading efforts to get the Bureau up and running, recently announced their new
website and today, she'd like you to meet Robin Fox, a 7th grade science teacher from Rome, GA, and
Andrew Giordano, a retired Vietnam veteran from Locust Point, MD -‐-‐ a couple of Americans whose
stories illustrate some of the unfair practices people have encountered and how the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau will work to prevent it from happening again.
Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

Obama Tweet #2
At Penn State University to speak about American innovation. Watch live at noon ET: http://wh.gov/live.
Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

Obama Tweet #3
I am proposing that starting this year, we freeze annual domestic spending for the next five years. #SOTU
Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

Mini-‐Article #2
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Dr. Jill Biden announced today nearly 50
commitments by federal agencies responding to the President's directive to establish a coordinated and
comprehensive federal approach to supporting military families. Strengthening Our Military Families:
Meeting America's Commitment, released today, is the result of an effort led by the National Security Staff
and Domestic Policy Council, responding to the Presidential Study Directive-‐9 calling on all Cabinet
Secretaries and other agency heads to find better ways to provide our military families with the support
they deserve. The report identifies four strategic priorities that address the primary challenges facing our
military families.
Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

Mini-‐Article #3
Levin said he urged President Barack Obama at a White House event yesterday to approve an increase in
the goal for the number of Afghan soldiers and police officers to 378,000, beyond the current plan to field
305,000 by October. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike
Mullen and Army General David Petraeus, the top commander in Afghanistan, have all recommended the
increase, Levin said.
Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

State of the Union Excerpt #1
We live and do business in the Information Age, but the last major reorganization of the government
happened in the age of black-‐and-‐white TV. There are 12 different agencies that deal with exports. There
are at least five different agencies that deal with housing policy. Then there's my favorite example: The
Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department
handles them when they're in saltwater. (Laughter.) I hear it gets even more complicated once they're
smoked. (Laughter and applause.)
Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

Mini Article #4
Winning the future requires promoting economic growth and job creation while also protecting the
health and safety of the American people. On January 18, 2011, President Obama signed an important
Executive Order designed to fulfill that goal.

The Executive Order emphasizes the need for predictability and for certainty -‐-‐ and for achieving
regulatory goals with the smartest and least costly tools. It directs agencies to seek public comments on
rules, to minimize burdens on the private sector, to simplify and harmonize their regulations, to promote
flexibility and freedom of choice, and to make sure that the benefits justify the costs. It also directs
agencies, within 120 days, to produce plans for a government-‐wide review of existing regulations to
determine whether they should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed.

Power

Justification for
your Conclusion

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