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Build your own cabinet

Students look at how a cabinet they created would advise them to fight against War on Terrorism today. For time sake, the students will be focusing on the cabinet positions of Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Treasury, and Attorney General.
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First Ladies Interview

The students will be putting together a series of “interviews” they conducted about the first ladies. Their objective will be to answer a series of questions about a specific First Lady.
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Integrating the Military

Students will advise Truman on the integration of the US military after WWII. They will play the role of individuals who advise the President based on primary sources.
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Letters to a President: How to Navigate the Growing Concerns of the Great Depression?

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

Students will be tasked with researching, analyzing, and creating a paper over the influence of a First Lady of the United States.
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Harry (and Bess) Truman's Excellent Adventure

Students will complete a geography book report/project based on the book.
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Wild About Harry's Library and Museum

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
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Presidential Decision Making: Truman's Recognition of Israel

Students will examine documents from opposite sides from advisors close to Truman on the issue of the Recognition of Israel.
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Role of the First Lady to the President and in the White House

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.
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Only the President Lands on the South Lawn

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. 
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