New Deal Cultural Programs; Experiments in Cultural Democracy Article
Article about the WPA from World Wide Web center of The Institute for Cultural Democracy
14: Depression and New Deal
New Deal Network
Huge archive of resources. The New Deal Network, an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s, is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.
Social Security Online
Official site of the Social Security Administration
New Deal Lecture Outline
Outline for lecture from Central Virginia Community College
New Deal Preservation Association
Home page for group of individuals, agencies, facilities and programs that organized in December 1998 to promote the identification, documentation, preservation and education of people about the New Deal visual and performing arts, literature, crafts, structures and environmental projects
Roosevelt University - Center for New Deal Studies
The Center for New Deal Studies features resources and activities that deepen our understanding of the lives of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and of the social, economic, political, and cultural history of the New Deal era in American history. Be sure to check the "publications" link
The New Deal Act and Agencies Chart
Acts and Agencies listed in an easy to read chart
TVA: Official Government Site
Official site provides information about the current activities and issues related to the TVA
The 3 Rs of the Great Depression
Relief, Recovery and Reform explained and programs organized into chart of the same
The New Deal: Measures for Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Lesson 6: Spelling "Help" in a New Way
AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer: Black History: Tuskegee WebQuest
Teacher Lesson Plan - The Great Depression and the 1990s
The Great Depression and New Deal - Curriculum Unit
Narrative explanation of the the time period, five lesson plans and resources links to accompany New Haven Teacher Institute
Freedom: A History of US. Webisode 12: Depression and War. Segment 1 | PBS
Collection: Library of Congress Flickr pilot
Wasn't It Great?
Commonwealth Club Address by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clearly, all this calls for a re-appraisal of
values. A mere builder of more industrial plants, a creator of more railroad
systems, an organizer of more corporations, is as likely to be a danger as a
help. The day of the great promoter or the financial Titan, to whom we granted
everything if only he would build, or develop, is over. Our task now is not
discovery, or exploitation of natural resources, or necessarily producing more
goods. It is the soberer, less dramatic business of administering resources and
plants already in hand, of seeking to reestablish foreign markets for our
surplus production, of meeting the problem of under consumption, of adjusting
production to consumption, of distributing wealth and products more equitably of
adapting existing economic organizations to the service of the people. The day
of enlightened administration has come.
Prof. Moreno claims that this is the only time in the 32 campaign that FDR gave an idea of what he would do as president.
Just as in older times the central government
was first a haven of refuge, and then a threat, so now in a closer economic
system the central and ambitious financial unit is no longer a servant of
national desire, but a danger.
Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive - Google Books
Rethinking the New Deal court: the ... - Google Books
Huey Long
One page biographical article with links from Spartacus Educational
Gerald L. K. Smith
One page biographical article with links from Spartacus Educational
Charles Edward Coughlin
One page biographical article with links from Spartacus Educational
New Deal Network Lesson plans
Lesson plans regarding TVA, WPA Slave Narratives, Eleanor Roosevelt and the FDR memorial
The Great Depression - Themed Resources
Study the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on specific groups such as African Americans, women and children by studying images, maps, documents and life histories. Trace the history of labor unions. Access photographs taken by Works Progress Administration photographers and read expert commentary on Dorothea Lange’s famous "Migrant Mother" picture
A Biography of America: FDR and the Depression
Companion site to documentary, be sure to check out maps, transcripts and "Webography" links to primary documents from Annenberg Media
Washington As It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959 - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
Spanning from the mid 1920s through the 1950s, the Theodor Horydczak collection (about 14,350 photographs online) documents the architecture and social life of the Washington metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, including exteriors and interiors of commercial, residential, and government buildings, as well as street scenes and views of neighborhoods. A number of Washington events and activities, such as the 1932 Bonus Army encampment, the 1933 World Series, and World War II preparedness campaigns, are also depicted.
American Experience . Surviving the Dust Bowl | PBS
The story of the farmers who came to the Southern Plains of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas dreaming of prosperity, and lived through ten years of drought, dust, disease and death. Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
American Experience . The Crash of 1929 | PBS
The unbounded optimism of the Jazz Age and the shocking consequences when reality finally hit on October 29th, ultimately leading to the Great Depression. Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
What We Pay For
This site uses statistics from the United States Office of Management and Budget to provide information on the budget. Students contemplating the size of government in a Great Depression/New Deal lesson would be well served to look at the numbers as they stand today.