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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.

Studying primary and secondary sources to discern Edith Wilson's role in the presidency.

Using primary sources to analyze the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Spending time with Martha Washington to learn about the colonial era.

Lesson Plan Using Primary Sources to Start ELA Writing Journal/Storytelling.

Students will research members of Lincolns cabinet to better understand the process of emancipating the slaves.

Research basic information about the four presidential elections of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944) to complete Presidential Election - Organizing Information Chart.

Using the primary sources provided, students will work in groups to evaluate four options available to President Truman to end the war in Japan and to end the Second World War.