COURSE NAME: The American Presidency II

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Maple Hill H.S. (Schodack)

INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Americo P. Frese

HALF YEAR

MAXIMUM TOTAL CLASS ENROLLMENT - ALL SITES: 30

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE:

This course will focus on 20th century presidencies of Wilson, FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Reagan and
Clinton. The course will offer in-depth analysis about the increased responsibilities that the Presidents and
their offices faced with the United States emerging as a world superpower and its involvement in global
conflicts.

Domestic and foreign policy issues will be analyzed and critiqued through lecture, research, debates, readings
and possible field trips. Students will be expected to be critical evaluators of primary sources, debate topics
of the days, support their positions with research and facts and draw their own conclusions about the
events and issues that helped to shape the times and the Office of the Presidency itself.

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