1. Unit 3, Lesson 3 How does the Executive Branch work? Lesson 3, Unit 3  Essential Questions: How do our Federal, state, and local governments work?  Learning Target: IWBAT analyze the structure, function, and process of the Executive Branch.  Formative Assessment(s): Does the current structure and function of the Executive Branch make it more powerful than the Legislative Branch? Homework: Vocabulary Daily Rubric: 4 – I fully understand the learning target and I am ready to move on 3 – I feel like I have a good understanding of the learning target but I need to cover it a little more 2 – I feel kind of lost on the learning target and I need a lot of review before I can move on 1 – I am completely lost and feel like I need to completely cover this learning target over

2. Preview What do you think the president’s job is? Make a list of what you think the president can do. Is there anything that the president doesn’t do or isn’t allowed to do?

3. Vocabulary State of the Union address: foreign policy: diplomacy: reprieve: pardon: Cabinet: Secretary of State Joint Chiefs of Staff: Commander in Chief: independent agencies: regulatory commission: bureaucracy:

4. Vocabulary State of the Union address: yearly report by the president to Congress describing the nation’s condition and recommending programs and policies foreign policy: a country’s plan for dealing with other countries of the world diplomacy: art of dealing with foreign governments reprieve: postponement in the carrying out of a prison sentence pardon: official act by the president or by a governor forgiving a person convicted of a crime and freeing that person from serving his or her sentence Cabinet: leaders of the executive departments who also act as advisors to the president Secretary of State: the official in the president’s cabinet responsible for foreign policy

5. Vocabulary Joint Chiefs of Staff: group made up of the highest-ranking officers from the Army, Navy, and Air Force that advises the President on military affairs Commander in Chief: person or body exercising supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces independent agencies: agencies in the executive branch of the federal government formed by Congress to help enforce laws and regulations not covered by the executive departments regulatory commission: independent agencies created by Congress that can make rules concerning certain activities and bring violators to court bureaucracy: many departments and agencies at all levels of government

6. Activity Watch State of the Union Address segment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK-nPlvRcyY Read pages 168-173. Copy the graphic organizer from page 170 and fill it in as you read DepartmentFunction State Treasury Defense Justice Homeland Security

7. Formative Assessment Does the current structure and function of the Executive Branch make it more powerful than the Legislative Branch?