The text of President Roosevelt's fireside chat on April 14, 1938 in which he tries to explain why a recession was occurring despite the New Deal programs.

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...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An inclusive unit on the New Deal and World War II with lessons about Social Security, the Zoot Suit Riots, the Dust Bowl, Mexican migration in the 1930s, the atomic bomb, Japanese internment, and the...

This list of the New Deal agencies does not give extensive information about each agency, but it's a great resource to get an overview of what was accomplished during the New Deal. This partial list gives a brief description and...

Criticism from Herbert Hoover to President Roosevelt was sent in a private letter. Hoover offered suggestions for the president to help reassure the people of the United States during a time of great fear and desolation.

Detailed explanation of the cultural programs provided by the New Deal and the Second New Deal, including such things as the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Art Project, the Federal Music Project, the Federal Theatre project,...

Text of a speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt after he signed the bill known as the National Industrial Recovery Act. Discusses purposes and intended impact of the legislation.

Henry A. Wallace was one of FDR's most trusted advisors. Find an essay about his life along with the transcripts of many speeches given during his time as a public figure.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A very interesting essay showing how the Great Depression affected women as housewives and as employees. See how many New Deal programs discriminated against women, and find out who supported women's...

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...

Article on FDR's New Deal provides detailed facts and a summary of a series of relief programs during the Great Depression.

A great lesson plan that explores the attempts to revive the American economy after the Great Depression through the New Deal programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Included are a video, text and questions, and primary source materials. A...

Read the text of the executive order of Franklin Roosevelt that established the Rural Electrification Administration in order to bring electricity to the many rural areas in the United States with no electricty.

Critique of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the lack of comprehensive housing programs. Appeared in "The Nation" in 1935. Interesting commentary from the time by Albert Mayer.

Read about the struggle Franklin D. Roosevelt had in trying to get the Fair Labor Standards Act passed. With public support, he continued to push the ideas presented in the law until it finally was enacted into law.

The Social Security Administration offers texts of thirteen addresses made by Franklin D. Roosevelt on the issue of Social Security. A great resource for primary source material on this topic.

Text of FDR's speech to Congress on January 17, 1935, regarding Social Security.

Track the accomplishments of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945 CE) through his four terms in office. He is considered to be one of our greatest presidents. This president "Guided America through its greatest foreign crisis, and, with...

This exhibition tells the stories of the CCC's administration and controversial policies, the men who joined, and the contributions its projects made to the history of conservation in the United States.

When his New Deal legislation kept getting struck down, FDR proposed a law targeting justices over the age of 70.

Read about the background of the banking failures and crises in the 1920s and early 1930s which led to the passage of the Emergency Bank Act, and the eventual establishment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect the...

Read about the attempt to bring electricity to rural Pennsylvania during the Great Depression with the help of the New Deal program, the Rural Electrification Administration.

Provides 15 detailed facts and a summary of one of the most important elements of FDR's New Deal program, the Social Security Act of 1935.

Three articles about the effects of sharecropping, a farming system that became prevalent after the Civil War for blacks and whites.