Childhood
Teaching
Starting a School
Later Years
Vocabulary
100
True or False: Mary McLeod Bethune was born a slave
What is False
100
Name some things that Mary did at Scotia that she had never experienced before
What is a brick building with her own bed with a bedspread. A table with white table clothes, knives and forks
100
When she decided to start her own school, what location did she choose and why
What is Daytona Beach, Fl. because many African Americans lived there but there were not enough schools for African American children
100
Name the president's wife that Bethune was good friends with
What is Eleanor Roosevelt
100
What is the right and power to lead
What is Authority
200
What event caused Mrs. Bethune to promise herself that some day she would learn to read?
What is a white girl told her "You can't read that- put that down" when she picked up a book?
200
True or False: At Scotia, Mary made clothes, fed the animals and cleaned the bathrooms
What is False
200
How much money did it take to start her school
What is $1.50
200
What does NYA stand for
What is National Youth Association
200
When Bethune learned to agrue for and against ideas she joined what
What is debate team
300
Name and describe the first school she attended
What is Miss Wilson's school- it was in a church and they sat on rough benches
300
Mary had dreams of being a missionary and traveling to what continent
What is Africa
300
How did the community help her with the new school
What is gave her clothes, dishes and food. Some helped build the school other taught without pay (answers may vary)
300
What was the NYA known for
What is creating jobs for teenagers and young adults
300
The depression was what
What is a time when people lost jobs and companies went out of business
400
Name the school Miss Wilson asked Mrs. Bethune if she wanted to attend, and give it's location
What is Scotia Seminary in Concord, North Carolina
400
Why was Mary not able to fulfill her dream of becoming a missionary
What is the churches did not want to send African Americans
400
True or False: Bethune helped the community by staring a hospital and a chorus
What is True
400
In 1941, Bethune-Cookman College: a. closed b. became a 4 year college c. changed its name
What is b- became a 4 year college
400
A system of keeping people of different races separate is called
What is segregation
500
How did the community show their support for her attending the new school
What is they made her a dress, aprons and other clothes. The also went to the train station to see her leave
500
Give the name and location of the first school Mary taught at
What is Haines Institute in Augusta, Georgia
500
Give an example of how Bethune showed diligence in getting a larger school
What is baked pies and sold them, had the families sell dinners to raise money, and asked churches and clubs for help
500
Name one of the two presidents that asked Bethune to come to meeting of leaders who wanted to help children
What is Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover
500
What is the definition of "respect for and acceptance of authority"
What is believing leaders have the right to lead
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