TEACHER'S GUIDE: SUGGESTIONS FOR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
Activities
1. To launch the activity, you might read students the famous remark by Henry Clay, a powerful member of Congress in the early and mid-1800s and an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency, that he "would rather be right than be President." Do you think people must choose between the two?
2. You might encourage students to write their memos in ways that would make it easy for the candidate (who presumably is very busy) to get the main points easily. For example, students should make use of boldfaced type, headings, and bullets to get their main points across.
3. You might ask students for examples from the current presidential campaign of candidates' efforts to present the kind of public image they think voters will favor.
4. Students may also want to review brief summaries of Bush's policies as president in the areas of domestic affairs and the Gulf War.
5. For information on the Iraq War, students may want to consult the FRONTLINE documentary Bush's War.
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