1. Presidential Timeline: The Legacy of our Leadership
“Democracy is becoming rather than being. It can easily be lost, but is never fully won. Its essence is eternal struggle.” - Unknown
Presidential Timeline: The Legacy of our Leadership

2. Presidential Timeline: The Legacy of our Leadership
As we study the foundations of our government it is important to recognize how and why our democracy has changed over time. It is this very adaptability which has allowed our Constitution to become the oldest living constitution in the world today.

3. Presidential Timeline: The Legacy of our Leadership
In any true democracy, the will of the people should be expressed by the leaders. So let’s take a closer look at our leaders and find out how they have led our country through times of struggle and change.

4. Presidential Timeline: The Legacy of our Leadership
Objective: Research one of our Presidents from the teachers list and find out his personal history and his impact on our democracy and create a piece of our Presidential Timeline.
Sources: textbook, the internet, biographies, etc.

6. Include these facts: Name of President and Vice President
Dates in office and # in order of Presidents.
Life span
Personal History ( born, raised, family, occupation, hobbies/interests, etc.)
Political Party
Did he appoint any Supreme Court Justices? Who?
Big Events happening during presidency
Challenges faced, and big decisions
Controversy's
Legacy: effect/impact on the U.S.– what were they remembered for?
Trivia – find interesting/little known fun facts!

7. Requirements
When you have turned in everything from the unit, you may pick the president
1st done = 1st pick,
see list on the following slide
Get paper, tape, etc. from your teacher
Project should be done in black or dark blue ink
Include a colored drawing for each event

8. Presidents List George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James Knox Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
James Abram Garfield
Chester Alan Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Gamaliel Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Clark Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Richard Milhous Nixon
Gerald Rudolph Ford
James Earl Carter, Jr.
Ronald Wilson Reagan
George Herbert Walker Bush
William Jefferson Clinton
George Walker Bush
Barack Hussein Obama
Donald J. Trump

9. Silent Presentation on the Due Date – worth 50 pts
Must be turned in on or before due date to receive this credit
Only the best samples will make it to the wall 