Grading Obama’s Presidency:



Grading Trump’s Presidency:

A First Term Report Card

DUE:

We have spent the past few weeks discussing the Executive Branch and the presidency. While it is too soon to evaluate the Trump Presidency from a historical perspective, we can try to assess his first year and 1/2 in office and report on his accomplishments and failures.

For this project, you will create a “Report Card” for Trump’s term thus far (2017-2018) that includes the following:

- 1-page report on President Trump’s domestic policies/accomplishments/failures Choose 2: (economy, education, immigration, guns, civil rights, healthcare, etc.).

- 1-page report of President Trump’s foreign policies/accomplishments/failures Choose 2: (Syria, North Korea, Russia).

- 1-page report of President Trump’s key cabinet members and executive department policies/accomplishments/failures. Choose 2: (Cabinet positions: State, Defense, Treasurer, Education, Justice, Veterans Affairs. Agencies: EPA, FBI)

- Brief summary/conclusion that gives an overall evaluation of Trump’s first year and a half as president.

The project should be at least 3 pages in length and include a separate bibliography. You may find the following links useful in researching President Trump’s.













Your Name EXAMPLE PAPER

Mrs. Scherer

Participation in Government

May 17, 2018

PRESIDENTIAL REPORT CARD

Participation in Government Final Project

DOMESTIC ISSUES:

ECONOMY: Grade = B

In January 2009, the month Obama took office, America lost 818,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was the biggest monthly loss in six decades, and many feared a complete banking collapse.

Obama rescued the banking and auto sectors. Independent estimates suggest his stimulus may have saved or created more than three million jobs, and an anemic recovery began. The Economist magazine, conservative by nature, assessed: “His handling of the crisis and recession were impressive.”

However, the administration blew it with overoptimistic comments that shredded its credibility. It was also too generous to banks in negotiating their rescues, and it often seemed oblivious to resentment of crony capitalism, and to broader issues of economic inequality.

Worst of all, Obama dropped the ball on housing, betraying struggling homeowners. Far fewer mortgages have been modified or refinanced under administration programs than expected, and some Americans have lost their homes as a result, exacerbating inequality. Underwater mortgages have been a drag on the entire economy.

EDUCATION: Grade A-

Democrats traditionally favored every antipoverty program except the one that might be most effective: reform of inner-city schools. Finally, that has changed under Obama and his education secretary, Arne Duncan.

They have pilfered Republican ideas and repositioned the Democratic Party to make school reform a top priority. They are willing to offend teachers’ unions but recognize the practical need to work closely with them. Obama’s Race to the Top initiative bribed states to devise their own school reforms, a cost-effective way to achieve nationwide change.

Obama has pushed Pell grants to make college more affordable and has promoted investments in community colleges. (Unfortunately, he hasn’t done quite as well on early childhood education, which should be every bit as much a priority as tertiary education.)

FOREIGN POLICY:

Middle East: Grade = B+

Obama brought troops home from Iraq and took out Osama bin Laden. He was superb in providing bold leadership in Libya, at a time when so many American experts were saying that the intervention wouldn’t work. His unusual move in picking Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state has paid off brilliantly, and it’s great to see the State Department pursuing a 21st-century agenda that includes girls’ education as well as, say, arms control.

Then again, Obama’s “surge” in Afghanistan has accomplished little except a huge increase in blood and treasure spilled there. In Pakistan, a more important country than either Iraq or Afghanistan, Obama has stumbled.

CABINET AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES:

Secretary of Education: Grade F

Secretary DeVos has failed to advance the mission of the Department of Education in each of the four areas: Supplementing state and local resources of schools and districts, particularly those serving low-income students and students of color. Etc………

Work Cited (follow the format below)

1. The most basic entry for a website consists of the author name(s), page title, website title, web address, and date accessed.

Last Name, First Name. "Page Title." Website Title. Web Address (retrieved Date Accessed).

Smith, John. "Obama inaugurated as President." . (accessed February 1, 2009).

2. The first author's name should be reversed, with a comma being placed after the last name and a period after the first name (or any middle name). Titles and affiliations associated with the author should be omitted. A suffix, such as a roman numeral or Jr./Sr. should appear after the author's given name, preceded by a comma.

3. For a page with two or more authors, list them in order as they appear on the website. Only the first author's name should be reversed, while the others are written in normal order. Separate author names by a comma.

Smith, John, and Jane Doe. "Obama inaugurated as President." . htp://POLITICS/01/21/obama_inaugurated/index.html (accessed February 1, 2009).

4. If no author is available, begin the citation with the website owner.

Cable News Network. "Obama inaugurated as President." . htp://POLITICS/01/21/obama_inaugurated/index.html (accessed February 1, 2009).

5. The full page title, which is followed by a period, should be placed within quotation marks. Place the period within the quotation marks. Then include the website title, followed by a period. If the website title is not available, include the website owner in its place.

Smith, John. "Obama inaugurated as President." Cable News Network. htp://POLITICS/01/21/obama_inaugurated/index.html (accessed February 1, 2009).

6. Include the web address of the page. Next, place the text "accessed" and the date on which you accessed the website (written in the format of "month day, year") in parentheses. Conclude the citation with a period after the parentheses.

7. For informal websites (such as home page or fan websites) or websites without formal titles, use descriptive phrases in your citation in place of page or website titles.

8. Finally, your work cited page should be in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!!

Use to shorten your website for your bibliography

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