{"id":3969,"date":"2017-03-09T20:54:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T17:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3969"},"modified":"2017-03-06T20:55:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:55:35","slug":"model-essay-assess-the-successes-and-failures-of-nixons-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/model-essay-assess-the-successes-and-failures-of-nixons-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Essay: “Assess the successes and failures of Nixon’s foreign policy”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Model Essay: “Assess the successes and failures of Nixon’s foreign policy”<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0[teacher password required]
\nStudents should close this unit by tackling one of the essay questions outlined above in timed conditions. The essay provided here was written by me in timed conditions whilst my own students tacked a similar question.<\/p>\n

Part of the new scheme of work on the Foreign Policy of President Nixon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Model Essay: “Assess the successes and failures of Nixon’s foreign policy”\u00a0[teacher password required] Students should close this unit by tackling one of the essay questions outlined above in timed conditions. The essay provided here was written by me in timed conditions whilst my own students tacked a similar question. Part of the new scheme of… <\/p>\n

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