Gerald Ford Activity Visual Summary Quick Way to cover Ford's Presidency

• Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of Ronald Gerald Ford? By the time I get to Ford, 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 Ford in 1 class period. Students love it when I add my 70s playlist as background music. It's a print and go activity!

PLEASE NOTE! This was created because I needed to teach Ford's Presidency 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 4 key events in Ford's Presidency (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 70s 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 4 events (see below)
• FORD blank page for students to write on (See images)

-Summaries of the following events:

• 25th Amendment
• Ford pardons Nixon
• Ford and the economy
• Ford and foreign affairs

These events are based on the Texas TEKS. If you need to swap out an event, of course you can.