Seven Roles of the President of the United States
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Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 12
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Executive Branch, President, Roles of the President, American Government
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will examine the 7 roles that the President of the United States is expected to perform to fulfill their duties. These roles include: Chief Diplomat, Economic Leader, Chief Executive, Head of State, Commander in Chief, Party Leader, and Legislative Leader.

  • Other SSCG10e: Distinguish between the roles of the President, including Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, chief executive, chief agenda setter, chief of state, chief diplomat, and party leader.
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Video : The Seven Roles of the U.S. President
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: Identifying and applying the 7 roles of the U.S. President
Quiz : Roles of the U.S. President
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

The U.S. President hosts the Prime Minister of Australia on a visit to the United States.

Question #2

The U.S. President visits U.S. troops at a military base in the Middle East

Question #3

One the eve of midterm elections, the President attends multiple campaign rallies in an effort to get members of his Political Party elected the next day.

Description: Identify the role of the U.S. President being executed in the description of each event.
Assignment : Most Important Role of the President

Please write a opinon piece identifying which of the 7 Roles of the U.S. President that you think is the most important. You should include the characteristics of the role that you believe make this role the most important, while also including 3 specific examples of U.S. Presidents who have carried out the specific role throughout history.

Resources : iCivics President Game
Instructions: https://www.icivics.org/node/594/resource?back-ref-search=president&back-ref-filter=
iCivics President Game

Description: Game where students act as President of the United States, executing various roles