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Students will be tasked with analyzing correspondence to President Hoover during the Great Depression.

Students will be tasked with researching, analyzing, and creating a paper over the influence of a First Lady of the United States.

Students will complete a geography book report/project based on the book.

Students will be assigned an area of the museum to closely examine during our field trip to the Decision Center. At the museum, students will gather information about their assigned area. If possible, students should take pictures of important displays a

Students will examine documents from opposite sides from advisors close to Truman on the issue of the Recognition of Israel.

This assignment is a technology based cooperative assignment using primary and secondary source materials to determine the role of the First Lady in United States history.

Students will research and analyze the lives and legacies of a US President or US First Lady, utilizing at least three online websites and at least one written source.

This activity asks the essential question “What leadership qualities do modern Vice Presidents need to fulfill their many roles?”  The focus is on Vice President George H.W. Bush during the assassination attempt of President Ronald Reagan. 

Applying a historical figure to modern social media.

This lesson uses primary documents to support an examination of the use of subpoenas by legislative bodies to demand testimony and the power of presidents when refusing to cooperate.  The lesson can be done as individual or pair work initially and finishes with group and class discussion.