Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Divided Government and Gridlock in the United States
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses a divided government and gridlock in the United States. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gerrymandering
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses Congressional behavior of gerrymandering. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Expansion of Presidential Power
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the expansion of presidential power. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Senate Checks on Presidential Appointments
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the process of the Senate checking on presidential appointments. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The President's Bully Pulpit
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the US President's bully pit. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Government and Politics: Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the U.S. government's separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. In theory, the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch are designed to keep each other...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Government and Politics: Types of Bureaucracies
In this show, we discuss the different types of bureaucracies that exist. They are all part of the executive branch, but some work more directly with the president than others. Some bureaucracies exist solely to regulate industry, while...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The First Executive Departments
What were the first three executive departments in the new government of the United States? Find out in this episode. [52 secs.]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The First Cabinet
Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Henry Knox: These were the first three secretaries of the first executive departments. [1 min.]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Expanding Executive Branch
When Jefferson was president, about 2,000 people worked for the executive branch; today, that number is about 3 million. Does the growth of the government adhere to the rules set forth in the Constitution? [1 min. 3 secs.]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Organizing Us Gov. Pt. 4: First Executive Departments
What were the first three executive departments? Find out on today's episode. This episode originally aired in May 2012.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Organizing Us Gov. Pt. 6: Expanding Executive Branch
When Jefferson was president, about 2,000 people worked for the executive branch; today, that number is about 3 million. This episode originally aired in May 2012.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Anti Federalists Part 11: Executive and Judicial Power
The Anti-Federalists believed that the executive and judicial branches would have too much power under the proposed Constitution.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: George Washington and the Executive Branch
George Washington put aside any personal relationships in appointing the most qualified individuals to the executive branch, and paid scrupulous attention to the protocols set by the Constitution for the presidential office.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Role of President Pt. 23: The Energetic Executive in Practice
Explains reasons executive authority has grown substantially over time.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Role of President Pt. 24: Executive Orders
Presidential executive orders have been one factor that contributed to the rise in power of the executive authority, as new responsibilities in working out the details of legislation were taken on.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Role of President Pt. 30: Limits by Civil Servants and Public
The executive branch's civil servants and the public's opnions are both able to check the power of the President.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Administrative Agencies Pt. 3: Executive Departments
The executive branch has fifteen different primary executive departments, managed by Congress, the Secretaries of the departments, and the President. Each of these departments has various divisions and bureaus.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Inventing the American Presidency
Video accompanied by questions for students that looks at how the Founding Fathers arrived at the decision to have a president at the head of the executive branch of government. [4:00]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Constitution as the Source and Limit of Authority
Today we discuss the Constitution as the source and limit of presidential authority.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Presidency and Domestic Policy.
The president's domestic responsibilities are made completely clear by the Constitution, right? Well, not exactly.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 316: Executive Balance
In today's podcast, we examine the balance sought by Congress between an energetic executive and limited government.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: European Mistrust of a Strong Executive
Today we discuss Napoleon's legacy to European executive power.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Presidential Power to Deal With Other Nations.
Today we discuss the powers of the president to conduct relations with foreign nations.