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Subject

Social Studies (NYS K-12 Framework Common Core)

Web-Based Lesson

Access the lessons and resources at: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/topic/109

Description

Article II of the Constitution requires an oath of office for the president. The 20th amendment later set January 20th as Inauguration Day. Other inaugural traditions have evolved, such as the inaugural address, the first speech of the president’s term.

C-SPAN provides lessons on: Learning About Inaugural Addresses, an Inauguration Worksheet, and lessons about inaugural addresses of these five presidents: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush.

Website(s)

C-SPAN Inauguration Site

Related Academic Standards

New York State

SS.5.6.a.1 Students will examine the basic structure of the United States federal government, including the president, Congress, and the courts.

SS.7.5.b.1 Students will compare and contrast the powers granted to Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court by the Constitution.

SS.SSP.5.1.2 Recognize and effectively select different forms of evidence used to make meaning in social studies (including primary and secondary sources such as art and photographs, artifacts, oral histories, maps, and graphs).

SS.SSP.6.1.2 Identify, effectively select, and analyze different forms of evidence used to make meaning in social studies (including primary and secondary sources such as art and photographs, artifacts, oral histories, maps, and graphs).

SS.SSP.7.1.2 Identify, select, and evaluate evidence about events from diverse sources (including written documents, works of art, photographs, charts and graphs, artifacts, oral traditions, and other primary and secondary sources).

SS.SSP.8.1.2 Identify, describe, and evaluate evidence about events from diverse sources (including written documents, works of art, photographs, charts and graphs, artifacts, oral traditions, and other primary and secondary sources).

SS.C.1.3C Students prepare essays and oral reports about the important social, political, economic, scientific, technological, and cultural developments, issues, and events from New York State and United States history.