This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Deal.

Comprehensive U.S. History course learning module on the New Deal and WWII. Multi-media and interactive lessons, assignments, projects and tests.

This article gives you information on what laws are, and facts about the global economy. Specifically, it discusses whether or not quality circles are illegal, and how global competition relates to the New Deal. (Date of Article: Feb....

Excerpts from Franklin Roosevelt's delivery of the May 7, 1933 Fireside Chat highlighting the purpose and goals of the New Deal.

Examines the legislation enacted under Roosevelt's Second New Deal, and how the New Deal as a whole affected women, African Americans, and Native Americans.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Read about the New Deal, its programs, and the ways it helped a nation in the grips of the Great Depression. The New Deal was not universally popular, so find out what Franklin Roosevelt did to keep the...

Newberry Library primary source materials for students studying the New Deal. Students examine New Deal programs and determine how people made sense of the new welfare program.

A timeline of events related to the Great Depression, labor unions and the New Deal along with primary sources.

Article discusses why African Americans supported Franklin Roosevelt despite the slight gains in civil rights offered by the New Deal.

An extensive collection from the Federal Theatre Project, part of Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, which provided funds for the arts during the second phase of the New Deal. Find play scripts, posters, and stage and costume...

One of the New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps, provided over a quarter of a million young black men with jobs and was thus another arena of the struggle for greater equality. This lesson explores that struggle and its...

Explains the wide-sweeping social programs Franklin Roosevelt introduced after taking office in 1933, and traces the development of the New Deal from Roosevelt's proposals to Congress, the Supreme Court's nullification of many of the...

Examines the legislation enacted under Roosevelt's First New Deal; what was good, bad, and effective under this New Deal; and what the scope of Roosevelt's plan was for fixing the U.S. economy.

Original photographs highlight the New Deal programs intended to aid families and individuals during the Great Depression.

A quick comprehension check over the New Deal.

The stock-market crash of 1929 is generally seen as the start of The Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the United States. The Depression had devastating effects on the country. But it also served as a...

A learning module that begins with "FDR and the New Deal" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...

This primary source set allows you to explore the crisis of the Great Depression, as well as the dramatic developments of the New Deal, through photographs, speeches, letters, and oral histories. Includes a teaching guide.

Click on the name of individual artists listed here for excellent black and white photographs of WPA artists and their work, as well as complete descriptions. A timeline of events of the New Deal era, lesson plans and other resources are...

From a 1940 magazine article the Republican opposition to the economic policies of the New Deal is discussed.

Young scholars will analyze primary sources related to the New Deal. They will analyze specific documents to determine if overall the New Deal represents a revolution or a reform in our history.

This is just a short article, but it includes big ideas. See the lasting legacy of the New Deal as the many of the programs begun at that time are still a large part of American government and life.

The Supreme Court, in 1935 and 1936, found unconstitutional several programs that were the backbone of the New Deal. See how President Roosevelt tried to deal with these setbacks, and the results both for him personally and for the law.

Short essay discussing how the programs of the New Deal changed the African American political support from Republican to Democrat. Includes photo.