University of Maryland Richard Nixon Pardon & Secrets Questions Discussion

Topic 1:

• Remembering 1968: The return of Richard NixonThe Nixon aide and the president’s secrets
• Why are we still fascinated by Nixon?
• The Watergate Scandal: A Timeline – HISTORY
• Reading and video from Week 6 Course Content Area: September 08, 1974Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Granting Pardon to Richard NixonHistorian Views Nixon Pardon As a Ford Mistake
• Cut and paste the questions below. Post your responses in concise and complete sentences for each question. Be scholarly and dispassionate in your responses.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. How does the information you gleaned from videos and what you read square with your prior knowledge about the topic? Your response can be based on your own knowledge, understanding and perceptions.
2. What events, factors or other historical observations from the videos and readings stood out in your mind as most significant? Briefly explain your answer as a student and scholar of U.S. history?
3. What other observations do you wish to share about this topic and related events, and the impact on U.S. history since 1974?
4. What other observations do you wish to share from your perspective as a scholar of history?

Topic 2:

The Election of 1984

• Cut and paste the questions below. Post your responses in concise and complete sentences for each question. Be scholarly and dispassionate in your responses.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. How does the information you gleaned from videos and what you read on the topic you selected square with your prior knowledge about the topic? Your response can be based on your own knowledge, understanding and perceptions.
2. What events, factors or other historical observations from the videos and readings stood out in your mind as most significant? Briefly explain your answer as a student and scholar of U.S. history?
3. What other observations do you wish to share about this event, related events, and the impact it has had on U.S. history?
4. What other observations do you wish to share from your perspective as a scholar of history?