COURSE NAME: The American Presidency I

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 DL Survey course fill focus on the 19th and early 20th century American Presidency. The course will
offer an in-depth analysis of the formation of the office, its structure and scope, the evolution of the
responsibilities and powers, and the men themselves that helped to shape it.

In this humanities based elective the specific presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln
and Theodore Roosevelt 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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