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New Deal America, 1932-1939
2010
An exploration of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that discusses the arts, finance, labor, legislation, its influence on the Great Depression, and other related topics.

T4

a novel in verse
2008
After the Nazi party takes control of Germany, thirteen-year-old Paula, who is deaf, is forced to go into hiding because of Adolf Hitler's Tiegartenstrasse 4--T4--which was put in place to kill any mentally ill or disabled people.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt for kids

his life and times with 21 activities
2007
Profiles the life and career of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his childhood, personal struggles with polio, and how he led the country through the war years; and includes twenty-one related activities for kids.

The Great Depression

2005
Features primary source material from speeches, letters, and diaries, as well as first-hand experiences of those who were a part of the Great Depression, and describes the stock market crash of 1929, unemployment, bread line, World War Two, and more.

America in the 1940s

2006
Chronicles political, social, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the 1940s in the U.S.

America in the 1930s

2005
Chronicles political, social, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the 1930s in the U.S.

Behind the bedroom wall

1996
Ten-year-old Korinna must decide whether to report her parents to her Hitler youth group when she discovers that they are hiding Jews in a secret space behind Korinna's bedroom wall.

The Great Depression

2005
Presents the history of the Great Depression through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, and songs dating from the period. Includes review questions.

The Great Depression

a primary source history
2006
Presents a short history of the Great Depression, and discusses the stock market crash of 1929, unemployment, pre-war and war years, and more.

Dust to eat

drought and depression in the 1930s
2004
Presents a photographic chronicle of the 1930s, focusing on Depression and the dust storms that crippled the Great Plains, and looks at the effects of the twin disasters on American society and domestic policy.

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