2. Obama Becomes a President Done By: Sura Shalabi Grade 6/D

3. Who is president Obama? Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States. President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his grandfather. He went on to attend law school, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.

4. When was he elected? Barack H. Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008, and he was sworn in on January 20, 2009.

5. What did president Obama accomplish during his Governance?  According to the scholastic news Obama said that he reads 10 letters from kids a day.  It’s harder to ride a plane with a weapon since Obama is a president.  He worked to make all the schools around the country good and appropriate for kids.

6. Where did president Obama get his academic certificates from?  President Obama received his undergraduate certificate in political science from Columbia University.

7. Why does Obama want to become president?  It is unknown specifically why a person wishes to become President, but generally it is because they think that they are the ideal person for the job. They believe that their work can improve the country.  Barack Obama was elected because he was the best candidate for the job and in the U.S.A were in an economic crisis and most people believed that Barack Obama could fix that.

8. How did Obama Become a President?  Obama became a president by having the most votes from the electoral collage in U.S.A.  Every State in U.S.A has political parties and they chose people to represent them in the electoral collage if they win the popular vote. (Popular votes mean: that most people votes for)  The electoral collage does not have to vote the way other people have voted.

10. Bibliography:  Scholastics news  T.V. NEWS JSC