The President's Cabinet PowerPoint Activity

You have already learned about the different members of the President’s cabinet and their job duties. It is not you turn to find out the names of each of these current cabinet members. Follow the steps below to complete this assignment:

Step 1: Go to the each of the following websites to find out the names of President Obama’s current cabinet members:

Secretary of State: http://www.state.gov/secretary/

Secretary of the Interior: http://www.doi.gov/index.cfm

Secretary of Commerce: http://www.commerce.gov/

Secretary of the Treasury: http://www.treasury.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Secretary of Agriculture:  http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome

Secretary of Transportation: http://www.dot.gov/

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD

Secretary of Veteran Affairs: http://www.va.gov/

Secretary of Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/

Secretary of Defense: http://www.defense.gov/

Attorney General: http://www.justice.gov/

Secretary of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/

Secretary of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov/

Secretary of Energy: http://energy.gov/

Secretary of Education: http://www.ed.gov/

Step 2: Use the website to fill in the chart on the back of this sheet.

Step 3: Create a folder in your “Pictures” folder on your H drive that is named “Cabinet”.

Step 3: Use Google Images to find pictures of each of the people you wrote in the chart. Save

            these pictures in the “Cabinet” folder. 

Step 4: Use PowerPoint to make a presentation of the current cabinet members. Each slide

               should contain the following information:

                       

                        * The title of the cabinet member

                        * A picture of the cabinet member

                        * The cabinet member’s name

Your PowerPoint must be neat and colorful. You will get points taken off if you only use a plain white background and black letters.

This assignment is worth 50 points.

You will only have two days to complete this assignment, so don’t waste your time.