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View the Presidency videos
Read Chapters 11 and 12 in your textbook.
Chapter Vocabulary on Qulzlet.
CONSTITUTIONAL T ERMS
Standards for
Impeachment clause Presentment clause (A1S7) Presidential veto Pocket veto Treaty clause (A2S2C2)
(A2S4)
25th Amendment 22nd Amendment Messaging power Pardon Power (A2S2C1) Clemency
OTHER T ERMS
PRESIDENCY
Presidential signing
E xecutive orders Divided government Party in power United government
statement
Mandate theory of
pardon Bully pulpit State of the Union E xecutive privilege
elections
Unitary executive theory Imperial president Presidential Doctrines Balance the ticket Watergate
Vice President First Lady Presidential coattails Crisis manager Six-year itch election
BUREAUCRACY
Cabinet National Security Council E xecutive Office of the White House Office Chief of Staff
President
Standard operating
Policy implementation Quasi-judicial Quasi-legislative Rulemaking
procedures (SOPs)
POLICY
2, 3 Read pgs 381-384 Formal and informal Warm up: E xamination of War Powers, International Alliances,
powers of the president are the War Powers Resolution the President, and Congress. Read
Read the represented by: of 1973 the article & answer the FRQ at the
CRS Report W ar Powers Veto and Pocket Veto end of the reading. (Article here)
Resolution: Concepts and Practice Commander- in-Chief Watch excerpts from
1-9 Messaging power Obama at War or
3, 5 Read pgs 374-380 The potential for conflict with the Senate Quiz on Presidency Create a colorful mind map that
depends upon the type of executive explains the relationship of Congress
Complete the FDR Activity branch appointments, including: Watch Frontlines Obamas and the President.
before class Cabinet members Deal
Ambassadors
White House staff Wrap-up: Understanding
the Powers of the
Senate confirmation is an important check Presidency
on appointment powers, but the
presidents longest lasting influence lies in
judicial life-tenured appointments.
7 Read pgs 432-456 Bureaucratic agencies are given Quiz on Bureaucracy E xplain what constitutional and
discretionary and rule-making authority statutory authority allow agencies to
to implement policy Activity: Bureaucracy engage in the rule making process
Carnival delineated on page 5 of the CRS
Tasks performed by departments, Report on Rulemaking.
agencies, commissions, and government
corporations are represented by: OR
Writing and enforcing
regulations Create a colorful mind map of the
Issuing fines various reforms to the civil service.
Testifying before Congress Label all laws in blue, positive
Iron triangles and issue networks changes in green, and negative
consequences in red. Suggest three
additional reforms to the
bureaucracy.
8 Finish Zombie Bureaucracy Bureaucratic agencies are given Presentations of Zombie
discretionary and rule-making authority Bureaucracy
to implement policy