New Deal Network
New Deal: American Forests: My Hopes for the Ccc
Robert Fechner, the director of the CCC, looks back in 1939 at forestry projects accomplished by the program and looks to the possible future.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: New Measures May Help Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
View a video regarding the foreclosure and mortgage crisis and read further about other economic struggles facing the United States in 2008. October 27, 2008.
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Historical Thinking Matters: Social Security
Learn about Social Security and the New Deal at this inquiry-based site. Contains many primary source documents for students to critique, a timeline, video, audio, assignments and a WebQuest.
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Austin Community College: The Crash & Early Depression
"The Crash and Early Depression" by historian L. Patrick Hughes looks at the reasons for the stock market crash of 1929, the political response, and the scope and severity of the Great Depression.
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Au: Frances Perkins on the Social Security Act (1935)
Here is a speech given by Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor in the administration of Franklin Roosevelt, praising the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935. See how this groundbreaking legislation would help the elderly, disabled,...
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Ss Bulletin: Constitutional Background to the Social Security Act of 1935 [Pdf]
A very interesting discussion of the potential problems that plagued the implementation of the Social Security Act. Read about the cases brought before the Supreme Court which gave Congress the constitutional ability to tax and spend for...
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University of California: Hard Times
Lesson in which young scholars analyze primary source photos and answer questions based on photos and informational text to learn about life during the Great Depression.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Fred Economic Data
With files in many categories, FRED offers a wealth of historical US data on interest rates, business indicators, balance of payments, exchange rates, and lots more.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Politics in Gilded Age 1870 1900: Social and Labor Unrest in the 1890s
Learn about the factors that helped the Populist Party gain followers and what caused it to lose them after the 1896 presidential election.
OpenStax
Open Stax: The Great Depression 1929 1932: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Discusses what caused the 1929 stock market crash and why the American economy went so rapidly and dramatically downhill. Also explains how a stock market crash can have such a far-reaching impact.
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Labor Force Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau's current labor force data is presented here.
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Michigan.gov: Roosevelt's Tree Army: Michigan's Civilian Conservation Corps
Lengthy text history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Michigan. Includes details of the lives and activities of the young men who enrolled, as well as historical photos.
University of North Carolina
Documenting the American South: North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration
An electronic edition of a very interesting, though dense, book written in 1936 as a record of the activies of the Emergency Relief Adminstration in North Carolina. The book begins with a look at how relief for the indigent was provided...
CNN
Cnn: Economists Call It Recession
This site is an article that examines the 2001 recession. Looks to economic research and experts to dissect the economic slow down. Includes a brief history of recessions since WWII and links to related stories.
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PBS
Pov: Living Wage v. Minimum Wage: What's the Difference [Pdf]
A great lesson plan based on a 2006 POV documentary that examined the problems the minimum wage worker had in trying to get ahead economically. Good information that compares the difference between a living wage and the minimum wage of...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Great Depression Curriculum
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, a curriculum guide including six lessons that help students learn about the Great Depression and the economic impact on Americans who were part of it. Features video interviews with people who...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Money Doesn't Grow on Trees
This lesson plan helps students distinguish between earned and unearned income by identifying methods for getting money.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: The Last Auction
Interactive experience that allows students to walk through a small, farming town in South Carolina, and see its transition from a tobacco farming community and a textile based economy to a new economy. Witness the residents' struggles...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Chapter 12: Neoclassical Perspective: Review Questions
This section provides 12 review study questions covering the content of Chapter 12: Neoclassical Perspective from Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Chapter 12: Neoclassical Perspective: Self Check Questions
This section provides a list of self-check study question to aid in understanding the content of Chapter 12: Neoclassical Perspective.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Where Did All the Money Go? The Great Depression Mystery
Use this lesson plan to have students investigate how the American economy went from boom to bust in the 1920s. Find the resources needed for the activity as well as important discussion questions for individual and class consideration.
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Hoover Online!: Circular No. 4
A detailed description of three major attempts made by Herbert Hoover and his administration to get money back into circulation and stem the tide of the Great Depression. Read about the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the...
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Geography Topics
Geographical information from the U.S. Census Bureau: Maps and Mapping resources, Census Tract Resources, Geographic Programs, Reference Resources, and more.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Feed the Hungry With Food Stamp Programs
This collection uses primary sources to the history of food stamp programs.
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