Teaching American History
Teaching American History: State of the Union Address 1935
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union Address delivered in 1935.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Quarantine Speech
Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech to the American people pleading that the people understand and support the desperate desire for peace in the world and to isolate the country from the aggressive nations in October, 1937.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: State of the Union Address 1938
A transcribed version of the State of the Union delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 3, 1938.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: State of the Union Address 1942
Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union Address to the nation in January 1942.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Suspending Marketing Limitations on Sugar
Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech from 09/11/1939 on lifting the marketing quotas on sugar production in the United States due to the outbreak of war in Europe.
New Deal Network
New Deal Network: Presidential Statement on n.i.r.a.
Text of a speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt after he signed the bill known as the National Industrial Recovery Act. Discusses purposes and intended impact of the legislation.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: I Want You Fdr
Read about how this poster made and why it was issued by the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt.
Other
Schs: Fdr and the Court Packing Controversy
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...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Roosevelt Battles Depression
This article surveys President Hoover's defeat to Franklin Roosevelt in the 1932 election and Roosevelt's initial response to the deepening crisis in the U.S. economy.
New Deal Network
New Deal Network: Cartoons: Fdr and the Supreme Court
Features an archive of editorial cartoons focusing on the debate surrounding FDR'S Court Packing bill and comments on the Supreme Court and the Roosevelt Administration between 1933-36.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Fdr Meant to Me
As a review of the presidency of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, students will prepare remarks from differing perspectives for a special graveside eulogy. In addition to the remarks, students will bring symbolic mementos to leave at...
New Deal Network
New Deal Network: Works of Fdr: A Message to the Congress on Social Security
Text of FDR's speech to Congress on January 17, 1935, regarding Social Security.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Fdr's First Inaugural Address
A learning module that begins with "FDR's First Inaugural Address" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: The Four Freedoms
A transcribed portion of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to Congress on January 6, 1941.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Day of Infamy" Speech
A learning module that begins with "'Day of Infamy' Speech" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Fdr: Harry L. Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce
Brief biographical information on Harry L. Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce under Franklin D. Roosevelt, and also director of the Federal Emergency Relief Agency and head of the Lend-Lease Program.
Other
Georgia Info: Fdr's Visits to Georgia
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...
Digital History
Digital History: The Supreme Court and the New Deal [Pdf]
Read about the conflict between the laws and regulations that were passed during Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and the interpretation of the commerce clause by the Supreme Court. Roosevelt had a plan to change the Supreme Court. See...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Fdr: Fireside Chats, the New Deal, and Eleanor
In 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.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making:by the People, for the People
A great lesson plan that explores the attempts to revive the American economy after the Great Depression through the New Deal programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Included are a video, text and questions, and primary source materials. A...
Curated OER
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum: Roosevelts: Photograph
Black and white photograph of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1941.
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: Desegregation of the Defense Industries
Information on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's work with A. Philip Randolph and other civil rights leaders to desegregate the defense industries. Includes lesson plan for grades 9-12.
A&E Television
History.com: This Is How Fdr Tried to Pack the Supreme Court
When his New Deal legislation kept getting struck down, FDR proposed a law targeting justices over the age of 70.