The New Deal

The New Deal was the name President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to the series of programs between 1933-37 with the goal of relief, recovery and reform of the United States economy during the Great Depression. Dozens of alphabet agencies were created as a result.

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Lesson Plans:

FDR and the Supreme Court - This lesson provides a general structure for thoughtfully reading and interrogating the letters sent to President Roosevelt from constituents around the country. Through a variety of tasks that might be combined or employed separately by teachers, students are provided with an opportunity to share the impact of FDR's controversial court proposal with those who experienced it first hand.

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The Legacy of FDR's "Four Freedoms Speech - One of the most famous political speeches on freedom in the twentieth century was delivered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union message to Congress. The address is commonly known as the "Four Freedoms" speech

Primary Source Documents:

The New Deal Network: Database of Great Depression Primary Documents - The New Deal Network, an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s, is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Development of the NDN was funded in part through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Fireside Chat on the Reorganization of the Supreme Court - Sixty years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent to Congress a bill to reorganize the federal judiciary. It was soon dubbed the "court-packing bill." On March 9, 1937, Roosevelt addressed the American public on his plan.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Primary Sources - Read Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his own words, in this collection of writings and speeches. Also, browse letters, propaganda posters and access oral histories from 1938-1939.

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Freedom Speeches
FDR Biography
The Great Depression