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Learning Target: I can determine key ideas from a
text.
1. Write the date and LT on the RIGHT
hand side of your Interactive Notebook.
Complete the Entry Task Below .
Agenda:
Entry Task
HW: 415416
Executive
Orders
Review
Impeachment
Entry Task:
Take out a clean sheet of paper for the
Reading Quiz.
War Powers
Act
Key Concepts:
Executive Orders
Impeachment
War Powers Act
Reading Quiz
1. Name 4 Cabinet Departments.
2. Describe what duties the President has as “Chief Executive”
(different from Commander in Chief or “Chief Legislator”)
Reading Quiz
3. Regular attendees of the National Security Council consist of
the President, Vice President, __________________,
_______________________, and _______________________.
4. What is the purpose of the President’s Office of Management
and Budget? (Circle all that apply.)
a. Assist in writing the President’s budget
b. Assist in writing the Congressional budget and
compromising with the President.
c. Evaluate the compliance of agencies with the budget.
d. Research the potential economic effects of a proposed
budget.
5. The White House Staff is headed by the Chief of Staff and
consists of ____________Offices, ________Offices, and
_________Services.
Reading Quiz- Discuss
1. Name 4 Cabinet Departments.
2. Describe what duties the President has as “Chief Executive”
(different from Commander in Chief or “Chief Legislator”)
Reading Quiz- Discuss
3. Regular attendees of the National Security Council consist of
the President, Vice President, __________________,
_______________________, and _______________________.
4. What is the purpose of the President’s Office of Management
and Budget? (Circle all that apply.)
a. Assist in writing the President’s budget
b. Assist in writing the Congressional budget and
compromising with the President.
c. Evaluate the compliance of agencies with the budget.
d. Research the potential economic effects of a proposed
budget.
5. The White House Staff is headed by the Chief of Staff and
consists of ____________Offices, ________Offices, and
_________Services.
Executive Orders
legally binding orders given by the President to
Federal Administrative Agencies
(the bureaucracy- the FDA (food and drug
administration), EPA (environmental protection
agency)).
Executive Orders are generally used to make sure
that laws are being “faithfully executed.”
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/executive_orders.php
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/orders.php
Watergate Scandal
and Impeachment
1. What is a good reason to kick a President out of
office?
The House may vote to impeach the President for:
“Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and
Misdemeanors”
Then, the Senate tries the President with the chief
Supreme Court Justice presiding.
War Powers Act
1. Read the article.
2. What was the outcome of the War Powers Act?
a. What can the President do when it comes to
war?
b. What can Congress do when it comes to war?
3. Do you believe that the War Powers Act should be
upheld? Why or why not?
4. Add War Powers Act to your Key Concepts.