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Page Numbers 245-250 Katie Johnson Brandon Smiddy Joe Clifford
 * Chapter 9- Section 1**

Objective: Students will be able to understand the the powers of the executive branch along with the limitations and informal sources of the presidential powers.

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Group Member 1's External Link Katies Link on Presidential Powers This website helps to better understand Presidential Powers. It provides an easy understanding of Article II section 2 of the Constitution. It also explains the information with real court cases and visuals. It is very useful because it is easy to understand and follow. It has accurate information and is reliable because it is from a educational website. Another thing it provides is a historical background on how the constitution and executive branch came to be more powerful. Lastly the site includes final questions to make sure the reader understands the material. Using this site will help the reader understand the history, present and future of the Presidential Powers.

Brandon's Link This website helps to understand Executive Orders. Executive Orders is where the president makes a rule and enforces it without congress making it into a law. The presidents tend to do this in times when the country is in need. The website also provides a lot of information on times that presidents have used this power. This uses some examples from the book but also has a lot that are not in the book. This website helps to show when the president can and cannot use these powers. This website also tells you the reason for the president needing to use these powers and what is happening at the time that they issue the orders.

[|Joe's Link] This website is the same website as we used in the web-quests. It is written as it is in the constitution and also has annotations on each clause. It is very straight forward and tells of everything in each section of article II. Section 1 of the constitution is about the presidential elections. It describes how the president must be elected, and also the roles of the senate, house of representatives, and congress in the election. Section 2 describes the president and the executive members of government's power in foreign affairs, and the power of the president in the armed forces. In section 3 is about the presidents power to declare a state of union, and describes what exactly that means. Section 4 describes the impeachment of not only the president, but and government official. The use of this site will help the user have a dirrect reading from the constitution, and a better understanding of the president's power.

Video! This video further emphasizes the powers of the executive branch. It goes into more depth on what the powers really mean. It also provides interactive questions that help keep the audience involved. The speaker does a great job incorporating visuals to emphasize a topic. It also gives historic examples to show the growth of nation. Showing this video will provide the audience with a better understanding of where the powers come from. It also describes the presidential powers and how they are determined constitutional. Finally the video is helpful in explaining the executive branch in a visual and interactive way.

Activity Review Sheet

Reflection Questions
 * 1. What is the president rank in the armed forces? **


 * 2. Who does president appointed to office? **


 * 3. What is the president responsible for? **


 * 4. What can the president address? **


 * 5. What is a mandate? **


 * 6. What does the president use in order to gain support? **


 * 7. What is congressional override? **


 * 8. What does the war power act do? **


 * 9. What did Marbury v. Madison establish? **


 * 10. What branch of government is the president had of? **


 * 11. Without a strong executive branch what would happen? **

Embeded Answers
 * 12. What is the only way the president can succeed?**

1.Commander and Chief 2.Federal judges 3.National security 4.A State of Union 5.Strong popular support 6.The media 7.When Congress overturns thepresidents veto with two thirds of the majority 8.Prevent the president from committing troops to combat for more than 60 days without congressional approval 9.The Supreme Court's right to review legislative actions 10.Executive 11.Nobody could enforce the acts of Congress. 12.Support of the people

9.1 Outline notes

Sources United States Government Democracy in Action Source 1 Source 2 [|Source 3]