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Schs: Fdr and the Court Packing Controversy

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrated slideshow detailing the problems Franklin Roosevelt ran up against with putting his New Deal plans into effect. The conservative justices on the Supreme Court determined that many of the reforms were unconstitutional. Find out...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Fdr: Fireside Chats, the New Deal, and Eleanor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "FDR: Fireside Chats, the New Deal, and Eleanor" in 5 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Pbs Learning Media: American Exp:primary Resources: Second Inaugural Address 1937

For Students 9th - 10th
President Franklin Roosevelt's second inaugural address delivered in 1937. In this speech FDR calls for the nation to accept and prepare to move forward.
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Fdr Project: Fdr Cartoon Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of political cartoons about the Roosevelt administration. Included are cartoons relating to the first 100 days, the Supreme Court, and Roosevelt's war years.
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Niskayuna High School: Fdr Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt through the collection of political cartoons on this site.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Fdr: Robert Dallek, Historian

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interview with Robert Hallek who discusses the foreign policy decisions made by Franklin Roosevelt prior to World War II. Read about the commitment Roosevelt made to Winston Churchill to fight against the Nazis in Europe.
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Fdr Project/ the First 100 Days

For Students 9th - 10th
A school site that shows a collection of editorial cartoons from the 1930s responding to the First Hundred Days of Roosevelt's presidency. Great primary source material for viewpoints of the day.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: Fdr and World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
After leading the United States through nearly a decade of Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took on the role of Commander-in-Chief when the United States entered the Second World War.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fdr and the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who held this office from 1933 to 1945, and his New Deal policies and initiatives that saw the United States through the Great Depression.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: Fdr and the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. He immediately embarked on an ambitious plan to get the country out of the Great Depression.
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Pare Lorentz Film Center

For Students 9th - 10th
A media source for information on the life and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The film center is named after Pare Lorentz, a renowned documentary filmmaker who created government-sponsored films during Roosevelt's era, as well as...
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Nisk: Fdr Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides cartoons of Franklin Roosevelt's administration. Great primary sources to integrate in the classroom, although image reproductions are not of the best quality.
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Nyit: School of Management: New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the programs instituted by FDR between 1933 and 1938 to curb the effects of the Great Depression. Lists and briefly defines such programs as the Agricultural Adjustment Act, WPA, National Housing Act, etc.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Picture Review of the 1930's

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used to introduce or review the major aspects of the 1930's, including the Stock Market Crash, Hoover's presidency, the Bonus Army, the Dust Bowl, FDR and his New Deal Programs.
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Fdr Library: The Year We Had Two Thanksgivings?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the history of how Thanksgiving got its official date.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: I Want You Fdr

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how this poster made and why it was issued by the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: First Inaugural Address 1933

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcription of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address delivered on March 4, 1933.
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Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: Pearl Harbor Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of the infamous speech delivered by Franklin Roosevelt asking Congress to declare war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The History Place

The History Place: Atlantic Charter Fdr and Chruchill

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides a brief summary of the Atlantic Charter. Includes photo of Roosevelt and Churchill. A link is also provided to return to the WWII timeline for additional information on related subjects.
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Social Security Administration

Social Security Online: 1935 Congressional Debates on Social Security

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the debates in the House and the Senate over the Social Security Act of 1935, proposed by President Roosevelt for economic relief and recovery as part of his New Deal. Each of the debates can be downloaded in PDF form.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Mail to the Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition that celebrates FDR's love for stamps and stamp collecting.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides access to the personal archives of Franklin D. Roosevelt. These archives include personal and family papers, manuscripts from Roosevelt's political career, and the papers of Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Great Depression Curriculum

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, a curriculum guide including six lessons that help students learn about the Great Depression and the economic impact on Americans who were part of it. Features video interviews with people who...
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PBS

Pbs Online: Character Above All: Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay about Roosevelt begins with several quotes describing him. It looks at FDR's personal characteristics and gives some background on his presidency.

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