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Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
For Teachers

The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS provides a wide variety of materials and activities that can be reinforced in a classroom. The Education Specialist on-site has prepared lesson plans, traveling trunks and notebooks, and exhibits for public use.

The Bethune Council House also provides The Parks as Classrooms Program, where Senior Rangers from the park conduct off-site programs at schools, universities, etc., reinforcing Civil Rights material from the museum in your area.

Ask about our "Teacher Packets", they include vital information on Mrs. Bethune, and special reading material from the National Archives of Black Women's History.
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Did You Know?
Mary McLeod Bethune was invited by President Dumarsais Estimé of the President of Haïti to celebrate the 1949 Haïtian Exposition. She became the first woman to be given the Medal of Honor and Merit, Haïti's highest award.

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Last Updated: September 28, 2006 at 08:38 EST