1. Unit 5, Lesson 4 Presidential Advisers and First Ladies
Agenda:
Lesson 4 outline – Presidential advisers & First Ladies
Lesson 4 questions
Outcome: students will examine the jobs of presidential advisers and the cabinet.

2. Complete your outline for Lesson 4 (p
Complete your outline for Lesson 4 (p ) When you are finished, respond to the lesson 4 review questions. They are homework if not finished in class.

3. Unit 5, Lesson 4 Presidential Advisers and First Ladies
Agenda:
Discuss Lesson 4 – Presidential advisers & First Ladies
Assign Presidents Project
Outcome: students will research a President and explain how he fulfilled the 7 roles of the Presidency.

4. Executive Office of the President
For most of our early history the size of the White House staff was small and limited to a handful of cabinet members, secretaries, and advisers
1939: Franklin Roosevelt created the Executive Office of the President in order to coordinate all the people that work in a President’s administration
As the number of responsibilities the President had increased so did the need for a larger staff; today there about 2,000 employees in the Executive Branch

5. Parts of the E.O.P.
White House Office: consists of about 500 people who work directly for the president, about 10 to 12 close advisers
White house staff can control what information comes from the President’s office and who is allowed to see the President
Office of Management and Budget: prepares the federal budget and monitors the spending of govt. agencies; budget=what?

6. Parts of the E.O.P.
National Security Council: helps the President coordinate US military and foreign policy
Members include V.P. the sec. of defense and state, and the top commanders from each of the armed services; President may invite additional people
Office of Administration: provides administrative services for executive branch
Council of Economic Advisers: give economic advice; President picks the 3 members and the Senate approves them
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen

7. The Cabinet
Cabinet: is a group of presidential advisers that includes the heads of the 15 top level executive departments; department heads are called secretaries except for Attorney General
Secretaries advise the president on issues related to their departments and make important policy decisions
Cabinet is not mentioned in the Constitution, began as a tradition under Washington
Presidents decide when the cabinet meets and he can decide to largely ignore their advice
Condolezza Rice, first black female Sec. of State

8. First Ladies
The Constitution does not mention the spouse of a president
President’s wife is called the “First Lady”, what if we had a female president?
Some first ladies choose to become involved in a cause or politics
Eleanor Roosevelt was a spokeswomen for the poor, first US ambassador to the UN
Nancy Reagan spoke out against drug abuse, Hillary Clinton was an influential advisor to Bill Clinton
Eleanor Roosevelt visiting a coal mine