Nixon Essay Part 3: Watergate

Overview

• Guiding Question: Overall, was the Nixon administration a good or bad thing for the US?

• Your third body paragraph will be about the Watergate scandal

Textbook• Guiding Question: Overall, was the Nixon

administration a good or bad thing for the US?• Read “Watergate: Nixon’s Downfall” on pages

1008-1013 and write down any information that will help you answer the guiding question– Note down what page each piece of information came

from

Cartoon• Guiding Question: Overall, was the Nixon

administration a good or bad thing for the US?• First, write down the full MLA citation for Source

E in your notes– Use the style guide that was handed out to you

• Next, analyze Source E

Impeachment• Guiding Question: Overall, was the Nixon

administration a good or bad thing for the US?• First, write down the full MLA citation for Source

F in your notes– Use the style guide that was handed out to you

• Next, analyze Source F

Outlining

• Guiding Question: Overall, was the Nixon administration a good or bad thing for the US?

• Come up with three main ideas to answer the guiding question– Put these as main ideas in your outline

• Put the detailed evidence to support your main idea as facts– Put an in-text citation by each fact

• Come up with a thesis that summarizes your main ideas for this paragraph

Writing

• Now it is time to write your essay– Make sure it is in MLA format • First page has your name, my name, Honors American

History, and the date• Your last name and the page number on the top right• Double spaced

Introduction

• Start with an introductory paragraph– First sentence should be a hook– Next sentence or two should put your essay into

historical context– Next sentence should be your overall thesis (make

sure it answers the question)– Finish by outlining what you will be talking about

to prove your thesis (your body paragraphs)

Body Paragraphs

• You need three body paragraphs covering domestic issues, foreign policy issues, and Watergate– Each body paragraph should begin and end with a transition

sentence• Should contain the subthesis for that paragraph• Should also somehow connect that paragraph with the overall

topic, the previous paragraph, or the next paragraph

– Each body paragraph needs three main ideas, supporting evidence for each main idea, and in-text citations for each piece of evidence

– Each body paragraph needs information from AT LEAST two sources

Conclusion

• End your essay with a concluding paragraph– Restate your thesis in one sentence– Summarize your body paragraphs in 1-3 sentences– Expand on your topic in one sentence

Works Cited

• Your Works Cited needs to be a separate page attached to the end of your essay– Needs to contain the full MLA citation for each

source used in your paper– Citations should be in alphabetical order– Use hanging indents for each citation– Citations should be single spaced with an extra

space in between each citation

Wrapping Up

• Once you have finished you essay, use the checklist provided to make sure that it is complete– I will be using something very similar to grade

your essays– I prefer typed but do not require it

Final Drafts are due on Monday, 3/17