Presidential Decision-making Pathfinder Cynthia Gulden Tecumseh High School tl_cgulden@k12server.mveca.org Centerville City Schools Workshop Presidential Decisions Research Project Grade 11 or 12 Government Description of Project You will research one of the presidential decisions listed below and decide the best course of action. You will write a short paper and make an oral presentation to the class using Powerpoint or some other type of graphic to enhance the information presented. Abraham Lincoln Civil War, Suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus, Emancipation of Slaves, Reconstruction Dwight D. Eisenhower Containing Communism, Avoiding war in Vietnam, McCarthyism, School Desegregation Franklin D. Roosevelt New Deal, Court Packing, Actions during WWII Harry S. Truman Dropping of Atomic Bomb, Truman Doctrine, Rebuilding of Europe, Korean War, John F. Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis, Peace Corps, Bay of Pigs, Space Program Lyndon B. Johnson Building the Great Society, Civil Rights, Vietnam War Richard M. Nixon U. S. Relations with China, withdrawal from war in Vietnam, Watergate, Ronald Reagan Reaganomics, End of Cold War, Iran-Contra Scandal Theodore Roosevelt Panama Canal, Naval Power, Busting of Trusts & Regulating Business, Expansion, Conservation William J. Clinton Lewinsky Scandal/Impeachment, Health Care, Foreign Policy, Lifting ban on gays in military 1. You will begin with some preliminary background research using the Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Follow the link below to the Tecumseh High School Library Home Page. Click on the Britannica Online Encyclopedia button to begin your search. Tecumseh High School Library Home Page 2. The book listed below is another great source of background information about your president: Kane, Joseph Nathan. Facts About the Presidents. NY: H.W. Wilson, 2001. 3. The books listed below from the Presidents and Their Decisions Series provide an excellent overview on your topic. You must use these as one of your sources. Barbour, Scott. Lyndon B. Johnson. Greenhaven, 2001. Brenner, Samuel. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Greenhaven, 2002. Cothran, Helen, ed. Abraham Lincoln. Greenhaven, 2002. Egendorf, Laura K. Harry S. Truman. Greenhaven, 2002 Grapes, Bryan J., ed. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Greenhaven, 2001. Hay, Jeff. Richard M. Nixon. Greenhaven, 2001. Howard, Todd. William J. Clinton. Greenhaven, 2001. Lansford, Tom. John F. Kennedy. Greenhaven, 2004. Lansford, Tom. Theodore Roosevelt. Greenhaven, 2003. Torr, James D. Ronald Reagan. Greenhaven, 2001. Primary Source Documents Primary source documents are original items or records from the past, such as clothing, letters, photographs, manuscripts, recordings, or other artifacts. They help to document our history without analysis from a second party. You must include at least 1 primary source for your paper, and 1 for your visual aid. 4. Below are some books that contain primary source documents that will enhance your project. Romero, Francine. Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt Through Coolidge, 1201-1929: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 2002. Taking the Stand: The Testimony of Lieutenant Col. Oliver L. North. NY: Pocket Books, 1987. Benson, Sonia. Korean War: Almanac and Primary Sources. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Frost-Knappman, ed. The World Almanac of Presidential Quotations: Quotations From AmericaBs Presidents. NY: Phares, 1993. Shively, James M. Using Primary Sources to Teach critical Thinking Skills in Government, Economics, and contemporary World Issues. Wesport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 2001. Craver, Kathleen. Using Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in History. Wesport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1999. 5. A wonderful online source for primary source documents is the American Memory Collection. American Memory Digital Collection 6. Some additional books you may find helpful are listed below. Remember you will need 2 books to satisfy your research requirements. General Works Aaseng, Nathan. You Are the President. Minneapolis: the Oliver Press, 1994. Aaseng, Nathan. You Are the President II. Minneapolis: The Oliver Press, 1994. Lindop, Edmund. Presidents Versus Congress: Conflict and Compromise. NY: Watts, 1994. Madaras, Larry, ed. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History. V. I: Colonial Period to Reconstruction. Madaras, Larry, ed. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History. V. II: Reconstruction to the Present. McPherson, James, ed. To the Best of My Ability: The American Presidents. NY: Dorling Kindersley, 2000. Moyers, Bill. The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis. NY: Seven Locks Press, 1988. Shogan, Robert. The Double-edged Sword: How Character Makes and Ruins Presidents, from Washington to Clinton. Boulder: Westview Press, 1999. Clinton Benson, Michael. Bill Clinton. Minneapolis: Lerner, 2004. Cohen, Daniel. The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton. Brookfield, CT: 21st Century Books, 2000. Hyland, William. Clinton's World: Remaking Foreign Policy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999. Eisenhower Cook, Fred. The Army-McCarthy Hearings, April-June 1954: A Senator Creates a Sensation Hunting Communists. NY: Watts, 1971. Goldston, Robert. The American Nightmare: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and the Politics of Hate. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973. Young, Jeff. Dwight David Eisenhower: Soldier and President. Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds, 2002. Lyndon Johnson Dallek, Robert. Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973. NY: Oxford, 1998. Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam: A History. NY: Viking, 1983. Sheehan, Neil. The Pentagon Papers. NY: Bantam, 1971. Schlight, John. The War in South Vietnam: The Years of the Offensive, 1965-1968. Washington: Off ice of Air Force History, 1988. Schulzinger, Robert D. A Time for War: The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975. NY: Oxford, 1997. John F. Kennedy Cook, Fred. The Cuban Missile Crisis October 1962. New York: Watts, 1972. Harrison, Barbara and Daniel Terris. A Twilight Struggle: The Life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. NY: Lothrop, 1992. Schwarz, Karen. What You Can Do For Your Country: An Oral History of the Peace Corps. NY: Morrow, 1991. Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis. NY: W. W. Norton, 1969. Seton-Watson, Hugh. From Lenin to Khrusshchev, the History of World Communism. NY: Praeger, 1960. Abraham Lincoln Commager, Henry Steele. The Great Proclamation. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1960. Marin, Albert. Commander in Chief Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. NY: Dutton, 1997. Roberts, Jeremy. Abraham Lincoln. Minneapolis: Lernier, 2004. Sterling, Dorothy. Forever Free: The Story of the Emancipation Proclamation. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1963. Waldstreicher, David. The Struggle Against Slavery: A History in Documents. NY: Oxford, 2001. Stevens, Walter D. A Reporter's Lincoln. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Wooster, Robert. The Civil War 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential People in the War. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Group, 1998. Nixon Bernstein, Carl and Bob Woodward. All the President's Men. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1974. Gold, Gerald, general ed. The Watergate Hearings. NY: Viking, 1973. Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. United States-China Relations Since World War Two. NY: Watts, 1981. Marquez, Heron. Richard M. Nixon. Minneapolis: Lerner, 2003. Nikolaieff, George. The President and the Constitution. NY: Wilson, 1974. Nixon, Richard. RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. Osborne, John. The Fifth Year of the Nixon Watch. NY: Liverright, 1974. Schram, Stuart. The Political Thought of Mao Tse-tung. NY: Praeger, 1969. White, Theodore H. Breach of Faith: The Fall of Richard Nixon. NY: Atheneum, 1975. Reagan Benson, Michael. Ronald Reagan. Minneapolis: Lerner, 2004. Cohen, William S. Men of Zeal: A Candid Inside Story of the Iran-Contra Hearings. NY: Viking, 1988. Gottfried, Ted. The Cold War. Brookfield, Connecticut: 21st Century Books, 2003. Isaacs, Jeremy and Taylor Downing. Cold War: An Illustrated History, 1941-1991. Boston: Little Brown, 1998. Kraljic, Matthew A. The Breakup of Communism. NY: H.W. Wilson, 1993. Pipes, Richard. Communism: A History. NY: Modern Library, 2001. Watson, William E. The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1998. Franklin Roosevelt Alonso, Karen. Korematsu v. United States: Japanese-American Internment Camps. Springfield, NJ: Enslow, 1998. Ambrose, Stephen. The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won. NY: Atheneum, 2001. Roberts, Jeremy. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Minneapolis: Lerner, 2003. Leuchtenburg, William. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940. NY: Harper, 1963. Davis, Daniel S. Behind Barbed Wire: The Imprisonment of Japanese Americans During World War II. NY: Dutton, 1982. Theodore Roosevelt Dolan, Edward F. Panama and the United States: Their Canal, Their Stormy Years. NY: Watts, 1990. McCullough, David. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1977. St. George, Judith. Panama Canal: Gateway to the World. NY: Putnam, 1989. Truman Ambrose, Stephen. The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won. NY: Atheneum, 2001. Bird, Kai and Lawrence Lifeschultz, eds. Hiroshima's Shadow. Stony Creek, Connecticut: Pamphleteer's Press, 1998. Blow, Michael. The History of the Atomic Bomb. NY: Harper, 1968. Christman, Al. Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1998. Claypool, Jane. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. NY: Watts, 1984. Cohen, Daniel. The Manhattan Project. Brookfield, Connecticut: 21st Century Press, 1998. Lazo, Caroline. Harry S. Truman. Minneapolis: Lerner, 2003. McCullough, David. Truman. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 7. You might also need to search the THS Library Online Catalog to find additional materials. Follow the link below to the THS Library Home Page and click on the THS Online Catalog THS Library Home Page 8. You will also need to use EBSCOHOST to find magazine and newsaper articles on your topic. Remember that you are required to include at least 1 magazine or newspaper source. Enter your key words into the search box below. Ex. Kennedy Bay of Pigs   9. Additional newspaper articles may be found in the Newsbank Database. Follow the link below to the THS Library Page and click on Newbank. Tecumseh High School Library Home Page 10. The following video tapes are available for viewing from the Tecumseh High School Library. Truman: The Atomic Bomb Videorecording The Motion Picture History of the Korean War The Wall: The Building and Destruction of the Berlin Wall The Great Wall of China Mao Tse Tung Watergate: The Secret Story Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam Vietnam Experience 11. Some Web Pages of interest are listed below. Remember you may include only 1 website in your research unless you have permission to include more. The Official Whitehouse Site www.whitehouse.gov Internet Public Library President Website www.potus.gov The History Place http://www.historyplace.com C-Span Survey of Presidential Leadership www.americanpresidents.org/survey/historians/overall.asp The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html The Cuban Missile Crisis: Fourteen Days in October http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/ 11. You may also want to check out some search engines to complete your research. Return to the Tecumseh High School Library Home Page and use the buttons to link you to: Yahoo, AltaVista, Excite, Ask Jeeves, and Google Tecumseh High School Library Home Page Hopefully you are now ready to write your paper. Don't forget you need to cite your sources! There is an MLA Guide for citing sources and completing your Works Cited Page available on the Tecumseh High School Library Home Page. Follow the link below: Tecumseh High School Library Home Page