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Ages: 14 - 18
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Political scientists have examined several models for how presidents run the White House and control their administrations. These models are helpful in understanding the daily workings of the executive branch of government. (Video is narrated with sl...ides and speeches.)
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December 10, 2009 at 05:25 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 14 - 18
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Media and Press Coverage
From hippocampus.org, produced by University of CA and Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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In order to be successful, presidents and their staffs must expend a great deal of effort cultivating and shaping public opinion. This requires careful planning, tact, and a good relationship with the press. (Video is narrated with slides and speeche...s.)
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December 10, 2009 at 05:30 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 14 - 18
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The president resides in the White House and conducts much of his business from the Oval Office. However, the main executive offices are housed in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located next door to the White House. The offices are run by ...officials who are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. They help the president develop policy and manage the nation's affairs (Video is narrated with slides and speeches.)
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December 10, 2009 at 05:22 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 14 - 18
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Polls and Polling
From hippocampus.org, produced by University of CA and Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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Pollsters have been gathering information about Americans' opinions of candidates and presidents since 1932 when a man named Gallup took a poll to determine his mother-in-law's chances of election to a state post in Iowa. The poll did so well in pred...icting her win that other pollsters soon followed suit in the prediction business. Taking polls is now a fixture of the political landscape. Presidents use this information to craft policies and legislation, while the media uses the results of polls as grist for the story mill and to predict winners of elections. (Video is narrated with slides and speeches.)
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December 10, 2009 at 05:29 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 14 - 18
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A new president generally enjoys very high public approval for the first 100 days of his administration. In part, this is because the electorate expects that the new president will address the problems of the nation with vigor and carry out the promi...ses made during his campaign. (Video is narrated with slides and speeches.)
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December 10, 2009 at 05:27 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 9 - 18
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President Obama spoke before Congress in his first State of the Union address and this is the full one hour message. A good video to show students and have them examine it to see how well he did. Too long for most classes.
January 24, 2012 at 09:09 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 8 - 12
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This activity provides a job description for the presidency, so students understand what kinds of skills and competencies are necessary in that office. Students have the opportunity to role play the president for a day, making decisions about differe...nt events that a president might actually experience (meetings with Cabinet members, speeches to the public, bowling in the White House).
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June 11, 2012 at 10:50 AM
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Ages: 13 - 17
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Video discusses how Jackson fought in the Revolutionary War when he was just thirteen, how Jackson led the American army to the most surprising victory in its history in the Battle of New Orleans, how Jackson was the first great champion of the commo...n white man -- but also "owned" over a hundred black Americans; how Jackson dramatically expanded the United States -- by brutally wresting vast regions of the south from Native Americans; how Jackson, in one of the boldest political strokes in history, founded the Democratic Party -- and yet was viewed by his enemies as an American Napoleon. The film concludes with the words of Jackson's first biographer, "Andrew Jackson was a patriot, and a traitor. He was the greatest of generals, and wholly ignorant of the art of war. He was the most candid of men, and capable of the profoundest dissimulation. He was a democratic autocrat, an urbane savage, an atrocious saint."
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August 18, 2009 at 07:36 PM
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