TIME, CONTINUITY and Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post-Renaissance-Leaders

Learn about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and other post-renaissance leaders.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
There are many significant historical leaders wo have influenced events in Eastern and Western civilizations. One of those people was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt was one of the presidents of the United States of America during the depression in the 1930s. He put in place many different programs to boost the economy. He devoted a lot of his time to the planning of the United Nations hoping to bring peace between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Mao Tse-Tung
Another person who influenced the coarse of events was Mao Tse-Tung. He was the first leader of Communist China. He might have been the most powerful man to ever live, controlling China for over 25 years.

Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was a person who greatly helped to allies win in World War II. He was the Prime Minister of Great Britain. During World War II he refused Hitler's offer of peace when Great Britain stood alone and organized an air defense.

Martin Luther King Jr.
Yet another person who greatly influenced civilization was Martin Luther King Jr. He helped everyone to treat all people equally. He is famous for his speech, "I Have a Dream." He was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

People Who Changed The World.
There are many people who have done significant things that have changed civilization since the Renaissance. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mao Tse-Tung, Winston Churchill, and Martin Luther King Jr. are just a few of them. They have all done something to change the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunshine State Standards 6-8

Social Studies/Time Continuity and Change

Standard 3: The student understands Western and Eastern civilization since the Renaissance(SS.A.3.3)

Objective 4 : Knows significant historical leaders who have influenced the course of events in Eastern and Western civilizations since the Renaissance.

 

Amusement Park Activity

Great Amusement Park Owners- Pick an amusement park and find out who started it. Then do research figuring out if they have done anything to help change the world.

 

 

Brainstorming Fun

Idea 1. Who are significant historical
leaders that have shaped your state?

 

 

Vocabulary

Communisium- A political,
economic, and social doctrine
aiming at the establishmint of such a class.

 

Did You Know?

During the 1780s and 1790s,
individual states gave up their
claims to lands west of the
Appalachains, and the national
government took control of these
lands.