new deal, 1933-1939

An introduction to the Great Depression, covering leaders, economics, the New Deal, and more. Includes teacher notes.

A collection of primary source documents and pictures focusing on the Great Depression and the New Deal.

An assessment of the political and physical dangers faced by the newly elected President Roosevelt in 1933 profiles such adversaries as would-be assassin Giuseppe Zangara and populist demagogues Huey Long and Charles Coughlin.

Examines significant events in the history of the U.S., focusing on the Great Depression and the New Deal, with discussion of the causes of the stock market crash, President Franklin Roosevelt's response to the crisis, and the Social Security Act.

Despite developing polio and no longer being able to walk, Franklin D. Roosevelt was determined not to give up. He ran for governor and won. But, about that time, a different kind of sickness spread across the nation. Businesses stopped. Banks closed. Millions lost their jobs. It was the Great Depression. Franklin believed he could make the country well again, so he successfully ran for president.

A graphic novel adaptation of Amity Shlaes' history of the Great Depression which focuses on the economic realities and the largely forgotten individuals and events that influenced the period, asserting that the government made the Depression "great" by overlooking the men and women who were trying to help themselves.

Examines the Great Depression, including the events leading up to it, what it was like during that time, and how the New Deal revived the economy.

The Great Depression & New Deal Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history of the Great Depression & New Deal. The 20 Great Depression & New Deal Primary Sources are: 1. Photograph of a crowd outside the New York Stock Exchange after the crash - 1929 2. Photograph of unemployed men waiting outside a soup kitchen in Chicago - February 1931 3. Photograph of a crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression - 1931 4. Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt talking to a farmer in Warm Springs, Georgia - 1932 5. Photograph of workers in the Civilian Conservation Corps constructing a road - 1933 6. Letter regarding the funding for the Civilian Conservation Corps - April 5, 1933 7. Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act of 1935 - August 14, 1935 8. Photograph of a "Hoover wagon" - used by farmers to save on gasoline - 1935 9. Photograph of Oklahoma Dust Bowl refugees - San Fernando, California - June 1935 10. Photograph of Florence Thompson with several of her children during the Dust Bowl - entitled "Migrant Mother" - February 1936 11. Photograph of a farmer and his sons walking in a dust storm - Cimarron County, Oklahoma - April 1936 12. Photograph of buried machinery in Dallas, South Dakota, during the Dust Bowl - May 13, 1936 13. Photograph of a poor mother and her children during the Great Depression - Elm Grove, California - August 1936 14. Photograph of construction on the Bonneville Power & Navigation Dam in Oregon - Public Works Administration project - October 24, 1936 15. Poster advertising Social Security benefits - 1938 16. Photograph of William Gropper's "Construction of a Dam" mural - 1939 17. Photograph of an anti-relief protest sign near Davenport, Iowa - 1940 18. Advertisement for the Workers Service Program in Rockford, Illinois - part of the Work Project Administration - 1941 19. Photograph of a girl pumping water from a well that is her town's sole water supply - project of the Tennessee Valley Authority - 1942 20. Map of the Tennessee Valley Authority - 1942.

Draws upon primary sources to introduce the nineteen twenties and thirties in the United States.

Explores the origins and development of the New Deal, explaining the impact it had on America in the mid-twentieth century. Also considers how the New Deal has shaped the modern state of the nation.