This resource discusses specifically the role of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the state of Utah.

Read about fluctuations in Gross National Product (GDP) from year to year.

A great lesson plan to examine Franklin D. Roosevelt's first fireside chat and apply the format in explaining a current economic problem.

Facts on Shanty Towns (Hoovervilles)that were makeshift camps set up by the homeless during the Depression.

In May 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created to rejuvenate the region. It enabled the Federal government to develop and distribute cheap hydroelectric power (electricity) into rural areas that were not served by private...

Discussion of the programs and reforms launched in the period of the Second New Deal that provided for social and economic legislation to benefit the mass of working people.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart on the Bonus March of WWI veterans in 1932.

This Khan Academy resource provides a table of contents with notes for several sections of AP US History Period 5: 1890-1945.

Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in American history from pre-European times until post-World War II.

At this site from Social Security Online, you can find a chart showing unemployment from 1922 to 1933.

Photo of a shantytown.

Facts, biography, and accomplishments of the life of Herbert Hoover and summaries of important events during his presidency.

This web page is a personal site of lesson plans and unit plans regarding World War II. Innovative lessons are for a variety of grades.