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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fdr and World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses how Franklin D. Roosevelt guided the United States through World War II and laid the groundwork for Harry Truman to assume the role after his death.
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Article
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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Primary
New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Works of Fdr: A Message to the Congress on Social Security

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of FDR's speech to Congress on January 17, 1935, regarding Social Security.
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Handout
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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Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Fdr: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Miller Center of Public Affairs gives a detailed biography of the life of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The page also provides links to the biography of her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as well as his Cabinet...
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Other

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum: Fdr Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of the life of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spanning from his birth in 1882 through his death in 1945.
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Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: Fdr and Courtpacking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the background for the decision by President Roosevelt to attempt to expand the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to twelve. Students are to use sections from provided primary source documents to analyze the...
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Article
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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Handout
Other

Georgia Info: Fdr's Visits to Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed account of FDR's involvement in Georgia, in particular, his role in the establishment of a medical foundation at Warm Springs, Georgia. FDR actually bought the property and used the warm waters to try to help with his...
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Primary
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Campaign Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
FDR delivers a campaign speech as Election Day draws near in 1932. He addresses domestic issues that must be addressed as the nation experiences the impact of the Great Depression.
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Primary
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcribed version of the First Inaugural Address given by FDR in 1933.
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Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The American Franchise

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative discussion on FDR and the Democratic Party coalition that primarily consisted of African-Americans, union members, women, Mexican-Americans, and recent immigrants. This "New Deal" coalition provided power for the Democrats...
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Website
Other

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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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Fdr's First Inaugural Address

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Features background on FDR and his platform for dealing with the Great Depression. Included are primary source documents of his first inaugural address and photos related to his New Deal programs.
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Primary
Other

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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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Fdr Fireside Chats

For Students 9th - 10th
A nine-part learning module with links to videos, websites, and images to use while learning about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his Fireside Chats.
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Handout
Other

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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Primary
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Fireside Chat

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of the very first Fireside Chat given by FDR in 1933. He addressed the American people about banking.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Hundred Days Fdr

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed facts and a summary of FDR's first hundred days (March 9 to June 16, 1933) when 15 major acts were passed in an attempt to relieve the devastating effects of the Great Depression.
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Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Fdr: Fireside Chat 27: On the Tehran and Cairo Conferences

For Students 9th - 10th
After Franklin Roosevelt's meeting with other Allied leaders in Tehran and Cairo in December, 1943, he gave a fireside chat on December 24 to inform the American public what transpired and how the Allies planned on ending the war.
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Primary
American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Fdr: Joint Press Conference With Churchill

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the press conference held at the conclusion of the Casablanca Conference on January 24, 1943. President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill both speak about what the conference accomplished and how the Allied troops would now move forward.
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Whiteboard
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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Article
Other

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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Website
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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