Marian & Eleanor

Fourth grade students are reading about opera singer, Marian Anderson and former first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.

First, we watched a video of Marian singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. (Click on her highlighted name to access the link.)

Then, we watched the first 90 seconds of this speech Eleanor gave in St. Louis. (Click on her highlighted name to access the link.)

These short videos offered us the opportunity to talk to about accents, opera, and more. It was interesting to see these women who we are reading about come to life in our classroom.