A vast collection of photographs of projects in the state of Washington funded by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration at the beginning of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Included is an essay that describes the purpose of the FERA.

How can you actually bring history to life? Here are some tools from the National Archives that allow students to create their own projects using primary-source based activities that develop historical thinking skills. Special historical...

Discover interesting facts and information about the Civilian Conservation Corps that was established to employ young men to work on conservation projects and was created as part of FDR's New Deal Programs.

Read a brief description of the Works Progress Administration and its goals in general. Following that is a more in-depth look at the WPA and its impact on employment and projects in Oklahoma.

A good look at the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and some of its subsets. Read about how the WPA helped the unemployed and the infrastructure of the United States.