Project Based Learning
Executive Branch Project
Research/Collage
Description- Executive Departments were created to help the President deal with overseeing and enforcing laws for specific issues. There are currently 15 executive departments within the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government
The assignment:
Each student will be assigned a department from the Executive Branch.
Each student will conduct some basic fact finding on this branch and create a collage based upon the duties/responsibilities of that department.
The research is to find the information listed below and present it on their collage.
Name of Department Date Department.
When was the Department created?
Who is the current secretary or Head of the Department?
Photo of Current Head Department
Seal of the Department
3 or 5 Paragraph Research Essay (1-2 pages) explaining the duties, purpose, history of the department.
Students may include information such, as interesting facts about the department or agencies that are part of that department.
Students may also include important historical events, laws, etc… associated directly with their Executive Department.
You must find 10 images that represent your department. (Remember: Students will have a whole poster board, so there should be large images.)
Each picture must be numbered. Then, on the back of the collage, they will write a short explanation of how this image is representative of their department.
Each person will present their collage and research information to the class.