STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1.      Identify trends, events, peoples, groups, cultures, and institutions covered in this course

 2.      Communicate orally and in writing about the content

 3.      Use library resources for historical research

 4.      Demonstrate that they can analyze secondary sources and recognize differences in historical interpretation

 5.      Identify the perspective of primary sources

 6.      Construct historical narratives by identifying patterns of continuity and change and referring to specific primary and secondary sources, maps, and/or artifacts

 7.      Demonstrate the ability to select and apply contemporary forms of technology to solve problems or compile information

 

 

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I. Executive Leadership pre-Constitution

 II. Origins of the presidency: Constitutional Convention

  III.    The Virginia Dynasty --- Presidents above party 1789-1829

  IV.     The Age of Jackson --- “the voice of the people”

  V.      The antebellum presidency --- one term presidencies and the onset of the Civil War

  VI.     The Civil War presidency of Abraham Lincoln

  VII.    Reconstruction and the presidency 1865-1877

  VIII.   The Gilded Age and the presidency 1877-1900

  IX.     The Progressive Presidencies 1900-1920

   X.     The Business of America is Business presidencies of         Harding, Coolidge and Hoover 1920-1932

  XI.     The Modern Presidency in Depression and War: FDR     XII.     The Imperial Presidency --- Cold War and Truman, Ike Kennedy, LBJ and Nixon

  XIII.   The 70s and the transitional presidencies Ford and Carter

  XIV.    The Reagan Revolution

  XV.     The New World Order and 21st Century presidencies of George H.W. Bush to the present