Review Historical Figures

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Famous Americans Review
Third Grade
GPS
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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).
b. Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures
had to overcome and describe how they overcame them.
SS3G2 The student will describe the cultural and geographic systems associated
with the historical figures in SS3H2a.
a. Identify on a political map specific locations significant to the life and times of
these historical figures.
b. Describe how place (physical and human characteristics) had an impact on the
lives of these historical figures.
c .Describe how each of these historical figures adapted to and was influenced by
his/her environment.
d. Trace examples of travel and movement of these historical figures and their
ideas across time.
e. Describe how the regions in which these historical figures lived affected their
lives and had an impact on their cultural identification.
Paul Revere
Obstacles
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
British Soldiers
King of England
New Land/ Distance
Tax/rules
British Warships
Communication
Accomplishments
1.
2.
3.
fought and won the American Revolution
Gained Freedom
Gained Independence from England
Character Traits
1.
2.
3.
4.
Diligence
Brave
Courageous
Careful
Frederick Douglass
Obstacles:
Escaped from Slavery
Discrimination
Accomplishments:
Worked to abolish slavery
North Star Newspaper
Abolitionist Speaker
Met with President Lincoln
Character Traits:
Valued Liberty
Demander Justice
Freedom of Conscience and Expression
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Susan B. Anthony
Obstacles:
Women not having the same rights as men
Arrested for Voting
Fought for Woman's Rights
Accomplishments:
Women’s Suffrage (voting rights)
Women’s Rights Convention
Women’s Right to Vote in 1970
Character Traits:
Diligence
Justice
http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/biographies/susanbanthony/preview.weml
Mary McLeod Bethune
Obstacles:
Poverty, segregation, discrimination
African American woman born in the 1800s
Accomplishments:
1.Worked for Rights of all to have an EQUAL education.
2. Started a school for African American girls in Daytona, Fl.
3. Advised President Roosevelt
Character Traits:
1. Diligence
2. Justice
3. Respect and Acceptance of Authority
Eleanor Roosevelt
Obstacles:
1.
2.
2.
She was very shy.
Parents died when she was young.
Franklin’s illness in 1921, which left him unable to walk
Accomplishments:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Worked for human rights
Helped create the United Nations
Helped FDR campaign and get elected as Governor of NY and President of the
United States
Helped write the Declaration of Human Rights
Character Traits:
1. Cooperation
2.
Tolerance
3.
Respect for & Acceptance of Authority
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gures/eleanorroosevelt/preview.weml
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Obstacles:
Polio
Disabled
Other Candidates
The Great Depression
World War II
Accomplishments:
President
New Deal
Character Traits:
Cooperation
Diligence
Valued liberty
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lindroosevelt/preview.weml
Thurgood Marshall
Obstacles:
1.
Segregation
2.
African American
Accomplishments:
1.
He achieved national recognition for his civil rights achievements as a
lawyer and later as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
2.
Marshall became a special assistant to the NAACP.
3.
In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson chose Marshall to become the first
African-American to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court.
Character Traits:
1.
Freedom of conscience and expression
2.
Respect for and acceptance of authority
3.
Justice
Lyndon B. Johnson
Obstacles:
1. childhood poverty
2. segregation
3. assassination of President Kennedy
Accomplishments:
1. President of US
2. War on Poverty
3. “The Great Society”
Character Traits:
1. Diligence
2. Respect and Acceptance of Authority
3. Tolerance
Cesar Chavez
Obstacles:
He was a farm worker.
Bad living conditions.
Moved around a lot and had to change schools.
His teachers and peers did not treat him with respect because he
spoke Spanish.
Hard times hit the United States and many people lost their jobs.
Accomplishments:
Learned to read and write without school.
Joined the Navy
Leader of the Community Service Organization in 1959
Character Traits:
Diligence
Justice
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/freem
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