This lesson is a great, student-centered lesson plan for students to explore the powers of the President, both formal and informal. This is a jigsaw lesson plan where students explore the historical ways that Presidents have exercised their informal power as "Chief of the Party." This lesson focuses on some of the most pronounced examples in US History of Presidents reshaping their party, including FDR, LBJ, Reagan, and Obama.This product contains both student handouts to write on, answer key/ex