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Students take and defend positions on what conditions contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a constitutional government. They debate whether or not the government should have prosecuted Nixon over the Watergate scandal.
Students research the investigative efforts in print journalism for the Watergate scandal. In this historical journalism lesson plan, students analyze the impact on investigative journalism because of the Washington Post coverage of Watergate. Students criticize or defend techniques used by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Students write a paper for the lesson plan.
Connect events of the past to events of today. Budding historians read an eight paragraph passage describing the Watergate scandal. They then connect the Nixon scandal to sex scandals of recent times. There are six critical thinking questions included for use as a writing prompt or as discussion starters.
Students explore the Watergate scandal. In this Watergate lesson, students watch a video regarding the scandal and use the Internet to research it as well. Students then interview adults who share memories of the scandal.
Students discuss the primary events of the Watergate crisis. They conduct an interview with a Watergate-era adult and present a summary of their interview.
Students investigate the practices used by reporters involved in the Watergate scandal and how certain elements of the investigation were handled.
Eleventh graders investigate the charges brought against President Nixon. In this 20th century America lesson, 11th graders read excerpts from Articles of Impeachment and respond to the provided discussion questions about the Watergate debacle and Nixon's involvement in it.
Students examine the climate of American politics. In this Watergate lesson plan, students analyze political cartoons and documents about the Watergate scandal and discuss the scandal's implications. Students then research other political scandals and determine how they have contributed to the political climate in the nation.
Students research the Watergate crisis. They discover the differences in investigative reporting then and now.
Students examine Watergate and explore how this crisis affected American politics.