Living New Deal Project
Live in California? Trying to find local New Deal projects?
Roosevelt's Tree Army
The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in central New York State.
FDR's Fireside Chats
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by having students roleplay critics of the New Deal. Jelen’s students listen to one of FDR’s Fireside Chats and respond to the speech from the perspective of one of FDR’s many historical critics.
FDR's Fireside Chats
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR’s April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What ideas and arguments does FDR present to the American people?
Rock Paper Scissors
Gamester extraordinaire Comte de Rochambeau?
Interactive Exhibit from the American Art Museum
Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration created the Public Works of Art Program.
Civilian Conservation Corps
Examine the role of African Americans in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Recession, Depression, Hard Times, New Deal: Classroom Resources (updated April 7)
The internet is full of classroom resources for teaching about the New Deal—arguably, perhaps more than for any other era.
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
Read the accounts of former slaves in oral history interviews collected by the Federal Writers’ Project.
Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
Showcases more than 900 Work Projects Administration (WPA) posters produced as part of the New Deal.
The Great Depression to World War II: Photos from the FSA-OWI
Explore this database of over 150,000 photographs that capture the true nature of this crisis and its solutions.