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Bell Ringer: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

Description

Guests discuss the beginning of the Roosevelt Administration and the role of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt during that time.

5 minutes

Bell Ringer Assignment

  • Describe the condition of the United States at the beginning of the Roosevelt administration in 1933.
  • Explain how Eleanor Roosevelt struggled to define her role as First Lady at the beginning of the administration. How did her activities change from before her time in the White House?
  • Explain the issues Eleanor Roosevelt was involved with as First Lady.
  • In what ways did Eleanor Roosevelt communicate with the public? How does this illustrate the new role of First Lady she “created?”

Participants

    Vocabulary

    • 1929 Stock Market Crash
    • Civilian Conservation Core
    • Dust Bowl
    • First 100 Days
    • Hoovervilles
    • Inauguration
    • New Deal
    • Works Progress Administration

    Topics

    Executive BranchU.S. History

    Grades

    Middle SchoolHigh School