Barack Obama Visual Summary Quick Way to cover Obama's Presidency

• Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of Barack Obama? By the time I get to Obama, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then I finally came up with this activity that students LOVE! This is a GREAT activity that I use to cover Obama in 1 class period. Students love it when I add my 2000s playlist as background music. It's a print and go activity!

PLEASE NOTE! This was created because I needed to teach the Presidency of Barack Obama in 1 day. It is not an in-depth activity! It covers the basics and allows students to show their creativity.

• Students will read short summaries of 5 key events in the Presidency of Barack Obama (included in this purchase). These events are listed below. Students will then create a visual summary inside the bubble letters and then write a summary in their own words in the boxes. I told my students that I should be able to tell that they understand the event by simply looking at their letters!

While students were working, I played my Spotify 2000s playlist and they loved every minute of it! Class "Sing Alongs" are encouraged with this activity!

What is included?

• Instructions for the teacher
• Summaries of each of the 5 events (see below)
• OBAMA blank page for students to write on (See images)

-Summaries of the following events:

• Election of 2008
• Affordable Care Act
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Wall Street Reform
• Death of Osama bin Laden & the End of the War in Iraq

If you need to swap out an event to fit your standards, of course you can.

I have a similar activity on Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H. Bush, Bill Clinton & George W. Bush you might want to check out!