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/
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