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Grade 5 Social Studies · World 5: Another World War · Level 57
The United Nations
Explain Eleanor Roosevelt's role.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 57
- After World War I, the League of Nations failed to keep the peace, and the United States never joined. After World War II, countries tried again.
- In 1945, delegates from 50 countries met in San Francisco, and signed the charter of the United Nations. This time, the United States joined, and took a big part. Its main building is in New York City.
- Eleanor Roosevelt had been First Lady, and had traveled the country speaking up for poor people and for Black Americans. President Truman chose Eleanor Roosevelt to represent the United States at the UN.
- Roosevelt led the group that wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948. After the horrors of the war, it said what every person deserves.
- Its first article says: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Countries don't always reach those words, but they set a goal for the world.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS5H4.f — Explain the role of Eleanor Roosevelt and the U.S. in the formation of the United Nations.