No Ordinary Time | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) - This person was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, and became the President of the United States in 1933.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) - This person was born into the Oyster Bay branch of the prominent Roosevelt family and became First Lady of the United States in 1933.

Sara Delano Roosevelt (1854-1941) - She was a beautiful woman from the Old New York society, who married a man much older than herself; she and her husband doted on their only child.

Anna Roosevelt (1906-1975) - This beautiful,...
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