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The President's Roles and Responsibilities: Understanding the President's Job Lesson PlanThe President's Roles and Responsibilities: Understanding the President's Job Lesson Plan
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The President's Roles and Responsibilities: Understanding the President's Job

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Students examine the roles and responsibilites of the president of the U.S. They identify and discuss the three branches of U.S. government, view and discuss a White House Photo essay online, and create a class book entitled, 'If I Were President.'

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responsibilities of the u.s. president, u.s. president, social studies
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K - 2nd
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Social Studies & History
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