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Wonderscape

Bank Runs and the Rise of FDR’s New Deal

K - 5th
This video covers the bank runs of the Great Depression, where panic led people to withdraw their savings, causing many banks to fail. It also explores the impact of widespread unemployment and how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Lessons From Wall Street's 'Panic of 1907'

9th - 10th
Listen to an interview with Seab Carr, who, along with Robert F. Bruner, wrote a book about the Panic of 1907, one of the worst financial panics in U.S. history. After listening to the interview, read an excerpt of the book which...