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Presidents and the Constitution

The Presidents and the Constitution lesson plans focus on the constitutional roles of the President including Commander in Chief, Chief Executive Officer, and others. These short lessons will help your students connect with the real people who took on the challenge of protecting and defending the Constitution.

Lesson Archive:

• Washington and the Whiskey River Rebellion
• Commander in Chief: The Barbary Pirates
• Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
• Madison and Federal Power
• The Disputed Election of 1824: John Quincy Adams
• Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
• Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
• Federal Power: Theodore Roosevelt
• Cleveland and the Texas Seed Bill
• LBJ, Nixon, and the War Powers Resolution
• Federal Power: Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan
• The Panama Canal Treaties and Jimmy Carter
• The Impeachment of Bill Clinton
• Bush v. Gore and the 2000 Presidential Election
• George W. Bush and Military Tribunals
• James Buchanan and the Dred Scott Decision