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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
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: President Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This companion to the PBS series surveys the career of the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through the Great Depression and World War II.
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Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Roosevelt Battles Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

New York Historical Society: Fdr's First Hundred Days

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit allows us to see the first hundred days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's term as president. Includes photos and political cartoons.
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Website
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Fdr Presidential Library and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The FDR Library houses the complete personal papers and documents of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as well as those of his wife, Eleanor, and many other documents related to their lives and times. More than 800,000 of these documents are...
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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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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: America's Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
Details on how the Great Depression affected the nation and how Roosevelt's New Deal created many relief and recovery programs to try to bring economic stability to the nation.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: The New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1933, he enacted a range of experimental programs to combat the Great Depression.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: The Presidents

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the PBS "The Presidents" provides detailed biographies of several of the most popular or most infamous U.S. presidents throughout history. Selected presidents include Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Lyndon...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "On Drought Conditions"

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from "On Drought Conditions"" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: Japanese Internment

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Unfounded fears that Japanese American citizens might sabotage the war effort led Franklin Delano Roosevelt to order that all Americans of Japanese descent be forced into internment camps.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
December 7, 1941 was a "date which will live in infamy," according to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese led the United States to enter World War II.
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Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making:by the People, for the People

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
US Senate

U.s. Senate: Art & History: John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President

For Students 9th - 10th
From the official site of the U.S. Senate, this biography of John Nance Garner, at first a candidate running for the Demcratic nomination for president, and becoming the candidate for Vice-President for Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932...
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Other

1936: Roosevelt Defeats Landon

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the 1936 election in which Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Alfred Landon for the presidency.
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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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Library of Congress

Loc: Herblock's Presidents

For Students 9th - 10th
Historically significant collection of political cartoons featuring U.S. Presidents from Library of Congress online teacher-student resources.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Roosevelt's Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition tells the stories of the CCC's administration and controversial policies, the men who joined, and the contributions its projects made to the history of conservation in the United States.
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Curated OER

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum: Roosevelts: Photograph

For Students 9th - 10th
Black and white photograph of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1941.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Fdr Meant to Me

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Economic Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Economic Bill of Rights" 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...
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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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Website
Digital History

Digital History: African Americans and the New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses why African Americans supported Franklin Roosevelt despite the slight gains in civil rights offered by the New Deal.
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Article
Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Closed for the Holiday [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
"Closed for the Holiday" is an excellent account of the consequential events of the Great Depression focusing on the Stock Market Crash of 1929 as the beginning of the Great Depression, and ending with the emergency bank actions Franklin...