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Barger, Hal M. – 1975
In the wake of Watergate, this paper purports the need for a new approach to teaching about the American presidency. Traditionally, American government textbooks focus on institutional descriptions and constitutional arrangements of the presidency. This textbook approach to the presidency describes and values a chief executive who is generally…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Political Attitudes, Political Issues, Political Science