Module 10: How Will Historians Treat Richard Nixon?
Assignments
Module Quiz
Take the interactive quiz to check your comprehension of key themes and details from the module. The quiz will assist you in your preparation for class discussion, exams, and writing assignments. You can choose to email the results to your instructor.
Module Evaluation
Please assist the project team for the Digital History Reader by completing the short survey below. Your responses will be very helpful to further development.
Suggested Writing Assignments and Classroom Discussion
Should Nixon's administration be remembered more for its foreign and domestic policies or for its political scandals? In developing your argument, cite specific evidence from Nixon's public speeches.
To what extent do presidents try to shape their legacies through their public speeches? Where do you find evidence that Nixon's language (his turn of phrase, the way he chose to describe events, etc.) shaped the way he would be viewed by future scholars?
