Learning Links: Keep the guiding questions in mind and be selective with what you need to know; learning about the colour of his eyes or his favourite sport might be interesting but not necessarily relevant for your essays:
Some links may be accessed from the same site: For general information: Revision notes online Final Presidents Revision.docx The Nixon notes exclude historiography and international affairs, so remember that you will need to develop those areas Interactive timeline Wikipedia For detailed information:
The HistoryQuest database: Make sure that you know the school username and password to access these specific links.
The EBSCO database is also an excellent resource that can be accessed with the school user name and password. If you are already signed into these databases on your desktop, then the database links below should take you straight through to the relevant articles:
Context and circumstances:
What were the challenges he faced when he became President?
What were his overall aims? Politics:
Go to this link: for the special focus task on the Imperial Presidency for your essay
Content: What challenges did he face and how effective was his leadership?
What key issues/debates arise out of his leadership?
What schools of thought are there?
Economics:
Content: What challenges did he face and how effective were his policies?
What key issues/debates arise out of his leadership?
What schools of thought are there?
Social:
Content: What challenges did he face and how effective were his policies?
What key issues/debates arise out of his leadership?
What schools of thought are there? Regional and International Affairs: (overlap with SL Cold War)
Go to the link above to explore his regional policy (central and south America)
Go to this link to explore the theme of the Presidents and Vietnam
Content: What challenges did he face (internationally and in the Americas) and how effective were his policies?
What key issues/debates arise out of his leadership?
What schools of thought are there?
President Nixon 1969-74
Learning Links:
Keep the guiding questions in mind and be selective with what you need to know; learning about the colour of his eyes or his favourite sport might be interesting but not necessarily relevant for your essays:
Some links may be accessed from the same site:
For general information:
Revision notes online
Final Presidents Revision.docx The Nixon notes exclude historiography and international affairs, so remember that you will need to develop those areas
Interactive timeline
Wikipedia
For detailed information:
The HistoryQuest database: Make sure that you know the school username and password to access these specific links.
The EBSCO database is also an excellent resource that can be accessed with the school user name and password. If you are already signed into these databases on your desktop, then the database links below should take you straight through to the relevant articles:
Short clips of specific events
PBS video/documentary
Article: Corruption of power
Watergate in-depth
Watergate in-depth/Washington Post
Article: If Watergate had not happened
Article: Madmen Theory and Nixon
Article: domestic policy: a retrospective
Article: Economic policy
Article: Nixon and Civil Rights: Explaining an enigma
Historiography
Guiding questions:
Context and circumstances:What were the challenges he faced when he became President?
What were his overall aims?
Politics:
Go to this link: for the special focus task on the Imperial Presidency for your essay
Content: What challenges did he face and how effective was his leadership?
What key issues/debates arise out of his leadership?
What schools of thought are there?
Economics:
Content: What challenges did he face and how effective were his policies?
What key issues/debates arise out of his leadership?
What schools of thought are there?
Social:
Content: What challenges did he face and how effective were his policies?
What key issues/debates arise out of his leadership?
What schools of thought are there?
Regional and International Affairs: (overlap with SL Cold War)
Go to the link above to explore his regional policy (central and south America)
Go to this link to explore the theme of the Presidents and Vietnam
Content: What challenges did he face (internationally and in the Americas) and how effective were his policies?
What key issues/debates arise out of his leadership?
What schools of thought are there?