AGENDA Tues 12/1 & Wed 12/2
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RAP #33: Hail to the Chief
HW Review
Presidential Exhibits Part 1
HW: PG 386 #13-18
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POTUS Job Performance Survey
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Survey Results DUE: Thurs 12/3 & Fri 12/4
EC #3 DUE: Mon 12/14 & Tues 12/15
Final Exam Study Guides on class website 
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RAP #33: Hail to the Chief
Examine the appointments
in the daily diary of a
modern president.
Then answer the following
1.
What observations can
questions:
you make about the
president’s schedule on
this day?
2.
Why do you think the
president has so many
different
responsibilities?
3.
What qualities do you
think the president
needs to fulfill these
many roles?
Which president’s daily diary do you
think this is?
This daily diary is from President Jimmy
Carter, on April 24, 1980. This is the
same day he learned that an attempt to
rescue American hostages held at the
U.S. embassy in Iran had failed.
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Reading
Read Section 13.1.
Then respond to these questions:
• What was typical about
President Ford’s day on April
28,1975? What event
occurred that was not typical?
• What roles and
responsibilities did the
president perform on this
day?
• What qualities do you think
modern presidents must have
to fulfill their many roles?
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Reading
Read Section 13.3 and follow the directions in
Notebook Guide 13 to complete the Reading Notes.
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POTUS Exhibits
You and your partner will now study
each one of these four presidents and
be given an envelope of materials
about each President.
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Lyndon Johnson
• Richard Nixon
• George H.W. Bush
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Packet Contents
A Day in the Life of President Roosevelt
Appointments in President Roosevelt’s Daily Diary
President Roosevelt Document 1
The materials in your envelope include:
• overview
• daily diary
• documents
President Roosevelt Document 2
Transcript of President Roosevelt Audio Clip
President Roosevelt Photograph 2
President Roosevelt Photograph 1
• transcript of audio clip
• photographs
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POTUS Exhibits
Step 1: Learn about each POTUS.
1) Read the handout about the day in the life of the
president.
2) Next, examine the daily diary of the president on
this day.
3) Discuss the following questions. Use information
from your notes and the handout in the discussion.
• What important crisis or event did the president
deal with on this day?
• What presidential roles did he perform in dealing
with this crisis or event? In what ways did he
demonstrate these roles?
• What presidential roles did the president perform
in dealing with his other responsibilities? In what
ways did he demonstrate these roles?
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POTUS Exhibits
Step 2: Record Important Details
1)Using the handout, “Touring
Exhibits” record information from
the various artifacts in the
Exhibit envelope for each of the
four POTUS.
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Homework:
POTUS Job Performance Survey
Create and conduct an opinion
survey to evaluate the current
president’s job performance.
• Your survey will have nine questions. The
first eight questions will focus on the
eight presidential roles. For each of these
questions, provide a brief description of
that role and then ask, Do you approve or
disapprove of the way the president is
performing in this role? Add a final
question that assesses the president’s
overall job performance.
• Conduct the survey by polling at least 10
individuals outside your class.
• Compile your survey results for each of
the nine questions. Then write a
paragraph summarizing your results.
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Survey Results
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Create a table to record your survey results.
Each person you survey must print and sign their name
on your cover sheet.
After you survey 10 people, tabulate the results and
write a summary including an overview/reflection of
public opinion of the current POTUS’ job performance.
Then include your thoughts/reflection regarding your
public opinion survey specifically related to validity,
reliability, accuracy and overall effectiveness in
measuring the POTUS’ job performance.
Conclude with a reflection about public opinion surveys
in general related to validity, reliability, accuracy and
overall effectiveness in measuring a specific variable.