PBS provides information on the Public Works Administration which was created by Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal program and was responsible for building bridges, roads, buildings, schools, and dams.

Crash Course video [14:57] on The New Deal teaches students about Franklin D. Roosevelt's policies and domestic programs which were designed to lift the U.S. out of economic depression. Narrator John Green discusses which programs helped...

Resource provides FDR's fireside chat to the public about his proposed bill to reorganize the federal judiciary. Illustrations and audio are included.

Interesting article and a picture gallery on the textile workers' strike in 1934. The 500,000 workers were brought together through radio and music. You can listen to some of this music as well as a FDR Fireside Chat.

Video provides a short introduction to the life of Huey P. Long, governor and senator from Louisiana. He was one of the demagogues who became prominent during the Great Depression. [4:32]

What's the difference between a primary source and a secondary source? Khan Academy's historian Kim Kutz Elliott and grammarian David Rheinstrom discuss reading sources by examining Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address....

How do historians analyze sources from the past? Khan Academy's historian Kim Kutz Elliott and grammarian David Rheinstrom continue their conversation about how to interpret Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address. [13:48]