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Live Interactive Field Trip for Central Valley Home Schoolers
Program Flyer: Constitution Day 2011: Powers of the President
FOR: Education: Grade(s): 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
WHEN: September 16
TIME: Start time: 11:00 AM PST
End time: 12:00 PM PST
WHERE: FPU Main Campus SCC Room 103 (see attached map below)
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 40 Maximum
TEST: If the connection TEST to the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis does not work, I will let you know three days before the actual event.
Reserve your spot now: Email Janet Adams jadams.adamsapple@gmail.com with name of student and grade level. When you are confirmed, I will email the prepared Study Guide.
Arrive 15 minutes early. The program begins right at 11:00 AM PST
Because of the grade level content, young children attending would not be advantageous.
Program Length
60 minutes
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Description: The 11:00 AM PST program will focus on the President and international issues. Our scheduled panelists of political scientists, Presidential scholars, and Presidential advisers will be able to provide great insights into the questions above and your students’ questions as well as we discuss the powers of the President. Viewers will also hear directly from President George H.W. Bush and President William J. Clinton through video messages created specifically for the program. The program will air from the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis, Missouri.
Program Format:
Pre-Program Information—The Constitution Day Study Guide prepared by The Missouri Bar is available as a download with this web exhibit if you enroll for our program. It is also available for anyone’s use at www.mobar.org in the Educators’ section under Constitution Day. The guide will include Constitutional issues to consider, questions, worksheets and other activities designed to get your students thinking about the issues that will form the focus of the program.
Program Order—The videoconference program will consist of the following segments. Student questions and comments will be welcomed throughout the program. This program will focus on Presidential powers in the foreign policy arena. A finalized program agenda detailing the specific powers to be explored in segment 2 below and specific examples of decision-making referred to in segment 3 below will be sent to schools upon their enrollment in the program. 1. Welcome and Introduction—Student groups and experts will be introduced and welcomed to the program. 2. Powers of the Presidency—This section of the program will explore the Presidential powers enumerated in the Constitution and the historical background and debate for determining those powers. 3. Process of Presidential Decision-Making and Implications of Presidential Action—This section of the program will look at historic examples of Presidential decision-making, processes used to make those decisions, and implications of those decisions on the separation and balance of power between the three branches of government as well as on the nation as a whole. 4. Summary and Closing—We’ll summarize the major Constitutional implications of the program’s discussion and close the program.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
1. Explain the purpose of Article II of the United States Constitution.
2. Evaluate and defend the role of the President in the American Constitutional System.
3. Explain how the executive branch has evolved since 1787 and the implications of this evolution.
4. Compare and contrast the executive branch of George Washington’s presidency with the present day presidency.
Other Resources for CONSTITUTION DAY
www.thinkfinity.org
type in the SEARCH field "constitution" and click GO
Share this URL or email to your home school colleagues about this videoconference.
www.adamsapple.wikispaces.com
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Janet Adams559-978-2048
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