Famous Americans Review

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Famous Americans Review

• Third Grade

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GPS

• SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of
  Americans who expanded peoples rights and
  freedoms in a democracy.
• a. Paul Revere (independence), Frederick
  Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony
  (womens 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.

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Paul Revere

• Obstacles
• British Soldiers
• King of England
• New Land/ Distance
• Tax/rules
• British Warships
• Communication
• Accomplishments
• fought and won the American Revolution
• Gained Freedom
• Gained Independence from England
• Character Traits
• Diligence
• Brave
• Courageous
• Careful

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Paul Revere
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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

http//www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistor
icalfigures/frederickdouglass/preview.weml
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Frederick Douglass
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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
• Womens Suffrage (voting rights)
• Womens Rights Convention
• Womens Right to Vote in 1970
• Character Traits
• Diligence
• Justice

http//www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/biographie
s/susanbanthony/preview.weml
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Susan B. Anthony
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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

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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Eleanor Roosevelt

• Obstacles
• She was very shy.
• Parents died when she was young.
• Franklins illness in 1921, which left him unable
  to walk
• Accomplishments
• 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
• Tolerance
• Respect for Acceptance of Authority

http//www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistor
icalfigures/eleanorroosevelt/preview.weml
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Obstacles
• Polio Disabled
• Other Candidates
• The Great Depression World War II
• Accomplishments
• President
• New Deal
• Character Traits
• Cooperation
• Diligence
• Valued liberty

http//www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistor
icalfigures/franklindroosevelt/preview.weml
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Thurgood Marshall

• Obstacles
• Segregation
• African American
• Accomplishments
• 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.
• Marshall became a special assistant to the NAACP.
• In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson chose Marshall to
  become the first African-American to serve as a
  Justice of the Supreme Court.
• Character Traits
• Freedom of conscience and expression
• Respect for and acceptance of authority
• Justice

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Thurgood Marshall
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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

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Lyndon B. Johnson
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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
• Freedom of Expression

http//www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/freemovies/c
esarchavez/
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Cesar Chavez