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This Documenting Key Presidential Decisions interactive also includes:
- Documenting Key Presidential Decisions
- Document Analysis with Students
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- Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menahem Begin at the Camp David Accords Signing Ceremony
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Executive Order 10924
- Herbert Hoover Analyzes Five Periods in the Development of the History of the Depression
- Letter from Secretary of War Henry Stimson to President Harry S. Truman
- Menu from Dinner Given During President Nixon's Visit to Peking, China
- Email to President Clinton from John Glenn
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address
- Presidential Proclamation 4311 of September 8, 1974, by President Gerald R. Ford granting a pardon to Richard M. Nixon.
- Remarks at Brandenberg Gate, Berlin, Germany [President's Speaking Copy]
- Second Draft of the Address to the Nation on the Gulf War
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It's match time! Academics participate in an exciting matching game using primary sources. The activity uses documents of key decisions and matches them to the presidents that they are attributed to. Scholars also make a list of key events from 1928 to the present to help them debate whether domestic or foreign policy decisions are harder for presidents to make.
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american democracy, america, american culture, american history, the united states, governments, presidency, presidential roles and powers, united states presidents, the executive branch, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, historical analysis, historical context, historical documents, document analysis, document-based question, document-based questions
Instructional Ideas
- Have learners pick a president to research further
- Print or show images of each president alongside their key decisions
Classroom Considerations
- Activity requires Internet access
Pros
- Activity is ideal to complete in pairs
- The resource can be adapted for elementary though high school curriculum
Cons
- None