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"Important Americans" Unit
Here's a list of the Americans that your child will study in 3rd grade:
Here's a list of the Americans that your child will study in 3rd grade:
- Paul Revere
- Frederick Douglass
- Susan B. Anthony
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Thurgood Marshall
- Cesar Chavez
Character Traits
(See your child's social studies notebook.)
We'll discuss how these character traits helped our Americans achieve their goals.
(See your child's social studies notebook.)
We'll discuss how these character traits helped our Americans achieve their goals.
- Liberty
- Justice
- Diligence
- Cooperation
- Tolerance
- Freedom of Conscience and Expression
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was a patriot during the time of the American Revolution. He lived in Boston, Massachusetts where many British soldiers were quartered.
Key Vocabulary: Revolutionary War, patriot, Great Britian, colony, Boston, midnight ride, Sons of Liberty, silversmith, messenger
Character Traits: diligence, independence, liberty
Paul Revere Links
Paul Revere was a patriot during the time of the American Revolution. He lived in Boston, Massachusetts where many British soldiers were quartered.
Key Vocabulary: Revolutionary War, patriot, Great Britian, colony, Boston, midnight ride, Sons of Liberty, silversmith, messenger
Character Traits: diligence, independence, liberty
Paul Revere Links
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a former African-American slave who lived during the Civil War era.
Key Vocabulary: abolitionist, Civil War, Underground Railroad, slavery
Character Traits: liberty, justice
Frederick Douglass Links
Frederick Douglass was a former African-American slave who lived during the Civil War era.
Key Vocabulary: abolitionist, Civil War, Underground Railroad, slavery
Character Traits: liberty, justice
Frederick Douglass Links
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony lived during a time period when women did not have the same rights as men.
Key Vocabulary: suffrage, vote, election, abolitionist
Character Traits: diligence, justice, women's rights
Susan B. Anthony Links
Susan B. Anthony lived during a time period when women did not have the same rights as men.
Key Vocabulary: suffrage, vote, election, abolitionist
Character Traits: diligence, justice, women's rights
Susan B. Anthony Links
Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune lived during a time that children of a specific background did not receive the same quality of education as other children.
Key Vocabulary: Great Depression, NYA (National Youth Administration)
Character Traits: diligence, justice, respect for and acceptance of authority
Mary McLeod Bethune Links
Mary McLeod Bethune lived during a time that children of a specific background did not receive the same quality of education as other children.
Key Vocabulary: Great Depression, NYA (National Youth Administration)
Character Traits: diligence, justice, respect for and acceptance of authority
Mary McLeod Bethune Links
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt (F.D.R.) lived during the time of the Great Depression when many people were homeless and out of work. It was also a time when much of the world was at war.
Key Vocabulary: Great Depression, New Deal, World War II, polio, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Character Traits: diligence, liberty, cooperation
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Links
Franklin D. Roosevelt (F.D.R.) lived during the time of the Great Depression when many people were homeless and out of work. It was also a time when much of the world was at war.
Key Vocabulary: Great Depression, New Deal, World War II, polio, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Character Traits: diligence, liberty, cooperation
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Links
- Brain Pop - World War II
- Brain Pop - Great Depression
- Brain Pop - New Deal
- BrainPop - Causes of WWII
- Brain Pop - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Brain Pop - Causes of the Great Depression
- FDR Library - Photographs
- FDR Library - Facts and Figures
- The White House - Our Presidents
- NPS.Gov - Warm Springs, GA Little White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt lived during a time when many people in countries around the world did not have basic rights and freedoms.
Key Vocabulary: United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, First Lady
Character Traits: tolerance, cooperation
Eleanor Roosevelt Links
Eleanor Roosevelt lived during a time when many people in countries around the world did not have basic rights and freedoms.
Key Vocabulary: United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, First Lady
Character Traits: tolerance, cooperation
Eleanor Roosevelt Links
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was an African American who lived during a time of discrimination and prejudice.
Key Vocabulary: Supreme Court, justice, Brown vs. Board of Education, civil rights
Character Traits: justice, diligence, freedom of conscience and expression, respect for authority
Thurgood Marshall Links
Thurgood Marshall was an African American who lived during a time of discrimination and prejudice.
Key Vocabulary: Supreme Court, justice, Brown vs. Board of Education, civil rights
Character Traits: justice, diligence, freedom of conscience and expression, respect for authority
Thurgood Marshall Links
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson lived during a time when people were denied civil and voting rights based on their background.
Key Vocabulary: president, Great Society, voting rights, civil rights, poverty
Character Traits: Respect for and acceptance of authority, tolerance, diligence
Lyndon B. Johnson Links
Lyndon B. Johnson lived during a time when people were denied civil and voting rights based on their background.
Key Vocabulary: president, Great Society, voting rights, civil rights, poverty
Character Traits: Respect for and acceptance of authority, tolerance, diligence
Lyndon B. Johnson Links
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez lived in an area where many immigrants worked on migrant farms with unfair and poor working conditions.
Key Vocabulary: union, workers' rights, protest, boycott, strike, migrant worker, Farm Workers Association
Character Traits: freedom of expression, diligence, justice
Cesar Chavez Links
Cesar Chavez lived in an area where many immigrants worked on migrant farms with unfair and poor working conditions.
Key Vocabulary: union, workers' rights, protest, boycott, strike, migrant worker, Farm Workers Association
Character Traits: freedom of expression, diligence, justice
Cesar Chavez Links
Democracy Unit