Lesson Plan: How Eleanor Roosevelt Helped Shape Global Human Rights
Grades 6-12
Eleanor Roosevelt used her position as first lady to advocate for civil and human rights, and during World War II she made major trips to England and the South Pacific to visit U.S. troops on behalf of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After F.D.R’.s death in 1945, President Harry Truman appointed her to the first U.S. delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. She went on to chair the U.N. Commission on Human Rights and helped guide the international effort to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948. In this lesson, students analyze Roosevelt’s leadership on the global stage.
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