Mary McLeod Bethune SS3H2a, b
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Where was Mary McLeod Bethune born?
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South Carolina
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Mary's parents were ________________________________.
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Freed Slaves
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What did Mary's parents want her to have that they did not have?
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Education
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Why couldn't Mary be a missionary after graduating from Scotia Seminary in North Carolina?
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She was African American
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In what state did Mary teach in where she would gather children in from the streets on Sunday mornings to teach them?
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Georgia
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What region did Mary live in most of her life?
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Southeast
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Mary was asked by a minister to start a school in which state?
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Florida
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Where did Mary move to and open a school for African American girls? There were 5 girls that attended and each of them paid 50 cents to attend the school.
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Daytona, Florida
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How was Mary influenced by growing up in the Southeast?
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1) Her parents were freed slaves 2) There were few opportunities for black girls.
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List three jobs Mary McLeod Bethune had when at the Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls.
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1) teacher 2) janitor 3) secretary or principal
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List three things students learned at Mary's school that they also learn at your school.
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1) reading 2) writing 3) math
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When Mary McLeod Bethune's school joined a boys' school called the Cookman Institute, what did the name of the school change to?
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Bethune-Cookman Institute
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Name some of Mary's accomplishments in her life.
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1) Mary was president of Bethune-Cookman College 2) Mary Founded the National Council of Negro Women 3) Mary advised 4 presidents 4) Mary worked for African American women to have the right to vote. 5) President Roosevelt appointed Mary the Director of the Division of Negro Affairs
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Name a physical and human characteristic that influenced Mary's life.
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Human Characteristic - farmland Physical Characteristic - Bethune-Cookman College
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letting others have their own ways and beliefs even if these are different from your own.
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Tolerance
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She was a leader, teacher, author, speaker, businesswoman, and tireless worker. She worked hard to see that all Americans of color and all women had equal rights.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Mary was the first woman in her family to be born ________________.
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FREE
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group of people that meet together to plan or decide something
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Council
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a school for special study in a specific area of knowledge
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institute
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a place where missionaries live and work
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mission
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a person who carries out their function or duty in a positive way
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role model
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money a person pays for being taught in a private school
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tuition
