? starter activity

1
On 17th June 1972 five intruders were
apprehended by the authorities in the offices of
the Democratic Party in Washington in the
Watergate Building. The moment was caricatured
in cartoons and films such as Forest Gump. How
serious was the Watergate Scandal?
? starter activity
Describe the picture or source here.
2
How scandalous was the Watergate Scandal?
? Key words attorney general imperial
president
? Learning objectives

• TBAT explain the key events of WC
• To assess the reputation of Nixon as a president

3
? Your task

• Read Walsh, p.394-5 and complete the chart
  provided.
• ?How far do you agree with this statement by the
  biographer Fawn Brodie, who specialised in
  psychological analyses of her subjects, Theres
  a little bit of Nixon in all of us

4
Is it too simplistic to describe Nixon as a
crook? Study the information from Walsh, p.396
and Pennington p.260. ?What did Nixon have to say
about his own reputation? Read Pennington, p.265
5
A photograph taken on 9th August 1974 from
inside the presidential helicopter as it leaves
the White House. Draw a picture of yourself and
place it over the face of Richard Nixon. What are
you thinking? Now place your face over the faces
of other key players in this picture and explain
to your table what you are thinking.
6
?Extension task watch the portrayal of the
work by investigative journalists from the
Washington Post, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
in the classic movie on this subject, All the
Presidents Men
7
This House believes history has been unfair to
the reputation of Richard Nixon.
8
?Find out more about -gate scandals from recent
political history.
9
How scandalous was the Watergate Scandal?
? Key words attorney general imperial
president
? Learning objectives

• TBAT explain the key events of WC
• To assess the reputation of Nixon as a president