Extension Ideas Have students imagine they are historians living in the year 2100. Ask them to write the section on President Clinton and his years in office for a history textbook. Invite your students to study the Clinton administration in more depth. Have your students select issues or policy areas of special interest to them. Have students determine what Clinton's legacy on these particular issues is likely to be.
Students can summarize their findings and conclusions in a written presentation to the class.
Students can find prior magazine articles written about Mideast peace, trade with China, the environment, gun control, Medicare, Social Security, health care, crime, race relations, education, and welfare. Time, Continuity, and Change Individuals, Groups, and Institutions Power, Authority, and Governance. Lara Maupin, social studies teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia.