HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS-

GEORGIA PERFORMANCE STANDARD-

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S3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who

expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy.

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. 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

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mployed as an express rider

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ade the “Midnight Ride” to spread

the message of the British Army’s

secret attack.

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aul Revere and his “Midnight

Ride” allowed the Patriot militia to

prepare for the upcoming attack.

FREDRICK DOUGLASS

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main leader of the abolitionist

movement.

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dvisor to President Lincoln during

the Civil War

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elped/supported woman's’ rights

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nvolved in Underground Railroad

SUSAN B. ANTHONY

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oined the women’s rights

movement in 1852

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upported the abolition of slavery,

women’s right to property and

earnings, and women’s labor

organizations

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ought for equal education

opportunities for all

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pened school for African Americans in

1903

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rganized a hospital for blacks

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tarted the Better Boys Club

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ampaigned for black freedom and

women’s rights

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rganized the National Council of Negro

Women

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

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2nd President of the United States

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ew Deal- economic programs that

focused on the 3 R’s: Relief,

Recovery, Reform

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eader in WWII: trade

agreements, surrender of

Germany, invasion of Normandy

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irst lady of the United States

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elegate to the United Nations

General Assembly

F

irst chairperson of the

preliminary United Nations

Commission on Human Rights

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

THURGOOD MARSHALL

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ecognized for his civil rights

achievements as a lawyer and

justice of the Supreme Court

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epresented clients with Civil

Rights cases all over the USA

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on 32 out of 35 cases taken to the

Supreme Court

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6th President of the USA

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esigned “Great Society” -aid to

education, attack on disease,

Medicare, Medicaid, urban

renewal, beautification,

conservation, development,

fight against poverty, crime

control, and right to vote

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

CÉSAR CHÁVEZ

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eading voice for migrant workers

during the 20th century

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ormed The National Farm Workers

Association (name changed to

United Farm Workers)

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his association helped people gain

the respect that they deserve.

“FAMOUS PERSON-WHO AM I?” GAME

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ach 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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ules: • 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.

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hen everyone has completed the game, complete the

worksheet to conclude the activity!