Branches of Government: The Executive Branch

Resources:

• The President and the Executive Branch by Tracie Egan

• The Executive Branch by Diane Patrick

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government: Executive Branch

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government: The President of the United States

• The Executive Branch

• Congress / President Keeping the Balance

• The Executive Branch

Telling Questions:

• Name the different people and groups that make up the executive branch.

• Explain the part of a president as far as bills that Congress creates.

• List the requirements in order for a person to be president.

• After President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, why do you think Congress passed the 22nd Amendment, which limits presidents to only two terms in office?

• List the formal powers granted to the president by the Constitution.

• List some things that a president can do.

• List some things that a president cannot do.