So What Did We Learn?
1.As a class we will be discussing the different decisions that we made as members of the Cabinet. Before our discussion, review the different pages of this website and make sure that you have completed all the different components of this unit.
2, We will also be discussing the present election and answering the following questions together.
2, We will also be discussing the present election and answering the following questions together.
- What made the current President different from the other candidates when he was elected
- Evaluate the people he has chosen for his cabinet- what does this tell you about the direction they would like to see the United States move in
- Choose one cabinet member and construct a profile that looks at who they are and how they got to the position they are currently in and general things they would advise the president about related to each of their positions. Be sure to cite any sources you use (unbiased sources are going to be important here, but difficult to find since it is a current political debate)
- Mike Pence (VP) Rex Tillerson (Sec. of State), James Mattis (Defense), John Kelly (Homeland Security), Jeff Sessions (Attorney General), Ryan Zinke (Interior) ,Tom Price (Health and Human Services), Rick Perry (Energy), Steven Mnuchin (Treasury), Elaine Chao, (Transportation), Wilbur Ross (Commerce) Ben Carson (Housing and Urban Development), David Shulkin (Veterans Affairs) Sonny Perdue (Agriculture) Reince Priebus (Chief of Staff), Nikki Haley (UN Ambassador), Linda McMahon (Small Business Administration) Scott Pruitt (EPA), Betsy Devos (Education) Steven Bannon (Chief Advisor).