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Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
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Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
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Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
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FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
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Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
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Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
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Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
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After the death of FDR Eleanor continued her work on behalf of civil rights
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Eleanor Roosevelt continued to push for progressive initiatives
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Theodore Roosevelt's views on what makes a civilized nation
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FDR works with businesses to create a war machine. With WWII, The USA goes back to work.
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After FDR dies, Eleanor Roosevelt joins the United Nations
