The Presidencies of Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan – Presidential Decision Making

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In this exciting lesson, students will dive into the pivotal moments of the Ford, Carter, and Reagan presidencies. They’ll step into the shoes of these presidents and make critical decisions that shape their approval ratings. Will their choices send the approval ratings soaring or plummeting? Students will find out and compare their decisions to the real-life leaders. Ultimately, they’ll assess whether they can outshine the actual presidents and question if approval ratings truly reflect a president’s impact on the nation.

Pages: 5 page handout + 46 page slideshow

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Description

In this lesson, students will learn about the major events of the presidencies of Ford, Carter, and Reagan. With many of the events, they will be able to choose what path the president should take. Each time, they’ll find out if that choice made the president’s approval rating go higher or lower and they’ll compare that choice to their own. In the end, students will see if they were able to make better decisions than the actual president – and they’ll analyze whether the an approval rating is the best way to analyze a president’s impact on the country. View more in the preview here – The Presidencies of Ford, Carter, and Reagan

Topics Included:

Nixon’s Pardon, stagflation, draft dodging, the energy crisis, the interest rate, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, the Camp David Accords, the Hostage Crisis in Iran, the Refugee Crisis (of the late 1970s), The assassination attempt on Reagan, the air traffic controllers strike, Reaganomics, the bombing in Beirut, the Challenger Explosion, the Iran-Contra affair, the Berlin Wall, and the elections of 1976, 1980, and 1984

Included in this resource:

  • A PowerPoint Version of the handout (editable)
  • A PDF Version of the handout (not editable)
  • A PowerPoint version and a Google Slides version of the presentation
  • A lesson plan with guidance for implementation

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