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Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
For Teachers

for teachers includes:

Curriculum Materials
 

The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS provides a wide variety of materials and activities that can be reinforced in a classroom.

The Bethune Council House can also provide Rangers from the park to conduct off-site programs at schools, universities, etc. in the Washington, D.C. area.

Ask about our "Teacher Packets", they include vital information on Mrs. Bethune, and special reading material from the National Archives for Black Women's History.
NYA (National Youth Administration) girls' welding class. Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College.  

Did You Know?
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Mary McLeod Bethune to be Director of the Office of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration. With this appointment, Mary McLeod Bethune became the first African American woman to head a U.S. Federal Government agency.

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Last Updated: October 14, 2009 at 11:58 EST