Online Lesson Plan: The Legacy of Watergate
Grade(s): HS
Subject: Journalism
Topic: Watergate/Feature Writing
Time Period: 2 Classes/2 Evenings
Subject: Journalism
Topic: Watergate/Feature Writing
Time Period: 2 Classes/2 Evenings
Introduction
A significant piece of journalistic writing is the feature. The best feature writers in the journalism industry are the ones who win the Pulitzer Prize each year and typically involve some form of investigative journalism. The feature article illuminates something unknown--both positives and negatives. We are studying the feature writing process in class, but the history of the feature in America is equally important. In order to give us the most writing time in class, you will complete the research of features outside of class, using this website to help you. Our main focus will be on the journalistic legacy of Watergate.
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- What was Watergate? Who were the key persons involved?
- How did the work of Woodward and Bernstein affect the field of journalism and history?
- Were they ethical? Does this matter?