Wessels Living History Farm
Living History Farm: Farming in the 1930s: The Fsa, Farm Security Administration
Find photographs, brief videos, and commentary about what loans from the Farm Security Administration meant to poor farmers during the Great Depression.
Digital History
Digital History: The Farmer and the Depression [Pdf]
One of the first laws passed in Franklin Roosevelt's first hundred days was the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Read about how it helped farmers in crisis. and how it was the forerunner of the federal farm program in existence today. [pdf]
Oklahoma State University
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Farm Security Administration
An overview of the ambitious goals of the Farm Security Administration as part of the New Deal. Find out the many ways the FSA wanted to help farmers help themselves. Because this article is from the Oklahoma Historical Society, special...
Digital History
Digital History: What Caused the Depression [Pdf]
Look at the factors that led to the Great Depression.The site begins with a narrative about a toy company that went bankrupt which highlights some causes of the Depression, and discusses the flow of goods and services through an economy....
Digital History
Digital History: Why It Happened
How did a country with such a booming economy in the 1920s sink into economic disaster in the 1930s? Prosperity was just an illusion. See the many causes of the Great Depression, and find out how all the signs were missed or disregarded.
Friesian School
Proceedings of the Friesian School: Six Kinds of United States Paper Currency
This site provides information on the different paper currencies available before the Great Depression, and those that are still in use.
Other
Hoover Online: Hoover and the Depression 1929 1933
Excellent site by two teachers outlines President Hoover and his administration's response to the Depression. Primary documents and lesson plans are given.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Real Dirt on Farmer John: Family Farms in America
Trace the evolution in American agriculture with this interactive timeline. Learn how the history of one small Illinois farm reflects the larger changes, decade by decade.
Wessels Living History Farm
Living History Farm: Bank Failures
The bank runs and bank failures of the 1930s are described here, as well as personal interviews with people who experienced the Great Depression.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: It's a Wonderful Life
The students will use the Internet to research the Roaring Twenties, The Stock Market Crash, and The Great Depression. They will also watch the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" to see how people lived through these three dramatic eras. They...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Hardships During the Great Depression
Students will be divided into groups of 2 or more. Each group will be given a choice of jobs that were available during the 1930s. Students will learn to manage their cost of living and household expenses.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Was So Depressing About the Great Depression?
This lesson plan focuses on the effects of the Great Depression on American life in the period from 1929-1940. Students learn about changes in art, music and literature that symbolize life of the everyday man. Students also learn about...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Memories of the Great Depression
This hands-on instructional activity combines social studies, language arts, and technology. Fourth grade learners begin by researching and collecting information from a variety of sources. Students develop an appreciation of the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Keynesian Perspective on Market Forces
They Keynesian economic perspective argues for government intervention in certain cases, but market forces are still valuable.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The New Deal
This primary source set allows you to explore the crisis of the Great Depression, as well as the dramatic developments of the New Deal, through photographs, speeches, letters, and oral histories. Includes a teaching guide.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Social Realism
The resources in this set highlight the artists, art forms, and subject matter that were central to the social realist movement.
Tennessee Historical Society
Tennessee Encyclopedia: Public Works Administration (Pwa)
The Public Works Administration was responsible for employing thousands during the Great Depression in construction work. Read about some of the projects built in the Southeast, primarily in Tennessee.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: Quiz 3
Take this five-question quiz that checks comprehension over parts of US history between 1890-1945.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: The New Deal
A quick comprehension check over the New Deal.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: The New Deal
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1933, he enacted a range of experimental programs to combat the Great Depression.
A&E Television
History.com: These Appalling Images Exposed Child Labor in America
The Industrial Revolution brought not only new job opportunities but new laborers to the workforce: children. By 1900, 18 percent of all American workers were under the age of 16. 1904, the National Child Labor Committee formed in the...
A&E Television
History.com: How the Great Depression Became the Golden Age for Monopoly
When times got tough during the Great Depression, people played board games -- especially the game that's all about making money. The success of Monopoly befuddled many. Why, in a time of great financial despair, would families and...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Picturing America: Lange: Migrant Mother [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Dorothea Lange, who documented the affects of the Great Depression on the American poor.
Indiana University
Wpa Exhibit Project: The Works Projects Administration in Indiana
Although this site concerns itself with the WPA in Indiana, the information provides a good overall look at the Works Progress Administration in the rest of country during the New Deal era.