Roles of the President: An Interactive Worksheet



Use the resources listed below to complete the following sections of the chart:

Headline: Find a headline of a story that shows the president functioning in the role of the presidency.
Summary: Write a brief summary of the story your found. Describe how the president fulfilled the role you are discussing.
Evaluation: State whether the president did the correct thing and why you agreed or disagreed with his action.
Resources:

If possible, use your mouse to copy and paste words and pictures from the web browser into a web page editor to complete the chart below. By right-clicking your mouse, you can copy and/or paste text and images you have selected into the Composer or Frontpage web page editor.

Headline History: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001251.html
CNN: http://www.cnn.com

USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com
The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com
MSNBC.COM http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp
PBS Newshour http://www1.pbs.org/newshour/
Time: http://www.time.com
Newsweek: http://www.newsweek.com
All Politics: http://www.allpolitics.com
CD-ROM: Encarta, Groliers
The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov
Presidents of the United States http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
Magazines: Time, Newsweek, American History
 
 

Role of the President Headline Summary Evaluation
Chief Executive

 

     
Commander In Chief

 

     
Chief of State

 

     
Chief Diplomat

 

     
Chief Legislator

 

     
Chief Guardian of the Economy

 

     
Chief of the Party

 

     

 

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