HISTORICAL
UNDERSTANDINGSBy: Stephanie Rassett, Erika Eidenire, and
Jennifer Chaney
GEORGI A PERFORMANCE
STANDARD  SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who
expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy.
a. Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B.
Anthony (women’s rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin
D. Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United
Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B.
Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’
rights).
PAUL REVERE
 Employed as an express rider
 Made the “Midnight Ride” to
spread the message of the British
Army’s secret attack.
 Paul Revere and his “Midnight
Ride” allowed the Patriot militia to
prepare for the upcoming attack.
FREDRICK DOUGLASS
 A main leader of the
abolitionist movement.
 Advisor to President Lincoln
during the Civil War
 Helped/supported woman's’
rights
 Involved in Underground
Railroad
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
 Joined the women’s rights
movement in 1852
 Supported the abolition of
slavery, women’s right to property
and earnings, and women’s labor
organizations
 Fought for equal education
opportunities for all
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
 Opened school for African
Americans in 1903
 Organized a hospital for blacks
 Started the Better Boys Club
 Campaigned for black freedom
and women’s rights
 Organized the National
Council of Negro Women
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
 32nd President of the United
States
 New Deal- economic programs
that focused on the 3 R’s: Relief,
Recovery, Reform
 Leader in WWII: trade
agreements, surrender of
Germany, invasion of Normandy
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
 First lady of the United
States
 Delegate to the United
Nations General Assembly
 First chairperson of the
preliminary United Nations
Commission on Human Rights
THURGOOD MARSHALL
 Recognized for his civil rights
achievements as a lawyer and
justice of the Supreme Court
 Represented clients with Civil
Rights cases all over the USA
 Won 32 out of 35 cases taken
to the Supreme Court
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
 36th President of the USA
 Designed “Great Society” -aid
to education, attack on disease,
Medicare, Medicaid, urban
renewal, beautification,
conservation, development, fight
against poverty, crime control, and
right to vote
CÉSAR CHÁVEZ
 Leading voice for migrant
workers during the 20th century
 Formed The National Farm
Workers Association (name
changed to United Farm Workers)
 This association helped people
gain the respect that they deserve.
“FAMOUS PERSON -WHO AM
I ?” GAME
Each student will have a note card taped to their back
with the name of a historical person that was just
discussed written on it. The student will not know the
person that is displayed on their back. Their goal is to try
to identify "who they are" by asking questions that can
be answered with a "yes" or "no.”
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 Rules:
• no more than two questions at a time can be asked to the same
person
• the student must figure out who he/she is within 20 questions.
• Everyone who does this is a winner but the person who figures
out who he/she is in the least number of questions is the grand
winner.
 When everyone has completed the game, complete the worksheet to
conclude the activity!