Activity One, Group A: Youth and Education
- Reading a short biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, focusing on the New Deal years (paragraphs 13-18).
- Read Abolish Jim Crow! focusing on the following questions: What are the four basic rights for citizens described here? What problems did African Americans face? How did fighting World War II relate to the fight for racial justice?
- Read paragraphs 1-14 of Good Citizenship: The Purpose of Education, which will provide background knowledge to help understand the next document.
- Read National Youth Administration and answer the questions below about this document.
- What reform ideas does Eleanor Roosevelt propose?
- What is an example of a responsive government policy in the document?
- What is the role of education in a democracy?