COURSE TEN: 1789-1909

The Power of the Presidency

Views of the U.S. Presidency from the Mountain of the Presidents. 

Appropriate Reading level: Grade 6+ ESL High Intermediate +
Expected Outcomes:

• Students will use the Talking Circle tradition to effectively communicate their ideas on a variety of topics with their fellow students. (See p. 27 Those Who Were Here Before)
• Students will keep journals to record their (a) responses to reading selections (b) answers to practice exercises (c) list of new words + synonyms and antonyms.
• Students will read about and discuss the lives and powers of the four presidents chosen to be honored on Mount Rushmore.
• Students will write a paragraph about each president about why he/she admires that president.
• Students will read the dialogues in In the Shadow of the Mountain and Thomas J. for pronunciation practice and dramatic emphasis.
• Students will do the Perfect President project found at the end of the course.