Procedure:

Part One - Discussion
1. Our President In Comparison
How are kings and presidents different? How are they the same? What does an "executive" do? How does a president manage a country? How does the president control the military? What type of person should be president? What type of person can be president? Why have we not had any female presidents? What's the difference between a president, prime minister, a chairman and a dictator? Can a dictatorship be democratic?

2. History: The Presidency In Perspective
What was it about a king that made the framers of the constitution so uncomfortable? Did all of the colonists want a president? Does the size of a country have anything to do with the type of leadership it has? Does the population of a country have anything to do with the type of leadership it has? Does the culture of a country have anything to do with the type of leadership it has? Does the period of time that the country has been in existence have anything to do with the type of leadership it has?

Part Two - Assignment
As a class, discuss in brief on the following core "Democratic Values" of Constitutional Democracy:

Common good

Consent of the governed

Right to vote and seek and office

Political equality

Freedom of Speech

Freedom to Petition the Government

Freedom of Assembly

Part Three: Research and Presentation
Students will then use C-SPAN's American Presidents website or taped American Presidents programming to conduct research on one president and core value discussed above. Student presentations should demonstrate:

• The origin of the democratic value
  
• Ways that democratic values have evolved during the history of the United States
  
• How democratic value corresponds with our chosen executive branch of government