FDR Hiding his Disability Lesson

FDR Hiding his Disability Lesson PDF

Lesson summary:

Students will engage in discussion about the Stigma associated with disability. They will then learn about FDR and how illness made him lose the ability to fully walk. They will then learn about how FDR, the people around him, and the press worked to keep his disability as secret as possible. This will lead to a discussion about the impact of his decision to hide his disability, and how taking a prideful approach to his disability could have changed how people perceived him and others with disabilities.

Subject and topic:

History and US Government 

Grade level:

9th-12th and college

Duration: 

60-120 minutes