Community in the Classroom
For our presidential impeachment unit, the family and friends interview project for this unit is a mini project which involves interviewing family and friends who were alive and aware during either Nixon's attempted impeachment or Clinton's attempted impeachment. These interviews can help shed light on not only the events themselves, but also the way that American citizens perceived them at the time. It's also a great way for students to strike up a conversation with their friends and family about what they're learning! I see tremendous value in talking with friends and family members about an event that happened in the past for a couple of reasons. 1) It makes the event more real. Although history is entirely made up of events that truly did happen, it can be hard to visualize an event happening until you speak with someone about how they saw and experienced it. It is one thing to discuss these events passively, it is another to seek out the event in the eyes of ...