Watergate Congressional Committee Role Playing

Imagine that you are a member of a Congressional committee that must investigate the Watergate incident and determine if impeachment proceedings should be initiated against President Nixon. You must conduct your own investigation looking at any evidence or other information that will help you come to your own conclusion about what happened and who was responsible. You will then meet with the full committee (your class) to discuss your findings and try to reach a single decision that the committee will publish

Use the links that follow to help condcut your research. You are also encouraged to find any additional useful or related links and to share them with the committtee to help support your position. The following are some guidelines to help you with your investigation.

When examining a site consider how reputable and reliable it is as a source of accurate information

Examine as much factual information as possible

Keep careful notes as you conduct your investigation so that you can use specific facts and events to support your findings

List any other links that you may have found and used to help support you conclusions

Assignment Links

·         http://watergate.info/

·         http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/nixon.html

·         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal