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Betty Ford: A New Kind of First Lady
Americans never elected Gerald R. Ford president or even vice president—Richard Nixon appointed him after Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in October 1973. Today, Ford’s brief...
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Teaching Resource
Eleanor Roosevelt on Democracy and Citizenship: A Common Core Unit
Unit Overview
In three lessons students will interact with readings of excerpted documents to develop an understanding of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as a humanitarian devoted to a strong democracy with educated citizens. Students will work with the teacher and in small groups to deconstruct text for meaning and to construct written responses to higher-level thinking questions.
Lesson 1: “Preserving Civil Liberties,” Speech, Chicago Civil Liberties Committee, Chicago, IL, March 14, 1940 excerpted. Eleanor...
Teaching Resource
America’s First Ladies on Twentieth-Century Issues: A Common Core Unit
Unit Overview
Over the course of three to four lessons the students will analyze five primary source documents. These documents are the abridged transcripts of speeches by five of our country’s first ladies: Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, and Hillary Clinton. All of the speeches address the subject of rights: women’s rights, human rights, or both. Students will closely analyze these primary sources with the purpose of not only understanding the literal message but also inferring the more subtle messages...