New Deal Network.
A collection of over 20 lessons on the Great Depression.  Topics include: TVA and REA programs, letters to Mr. Roosevelt, WPA American Slave Narratives, Rondal Partridge photography, and debating the FDR Memorial. Lessons are adaptable to all abilities

Using Primary Sources in the Classroom: The Great Depression Unit.
Six lessons from the Alabama Department of Archives and History chronicling the the impact of the Depression in Alabama. Topics include: letters to the governor, unionizing in Birmingham, and WPA programs in the state.

Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: FDR's Fireside Chat on the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program

Worth a Thousand Words: Depression-Era Photographs.
Students analyze WPA photographs to gain insight into New Deal programs and the experience of Depression-era Americans; to recognize the distinction between observation and inference when drawing information from documentary photographs; to recognize some ways the photographer can influence interpretation of documentary photographs; to gain experience in critical thinking about media.

Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: Constitutional Issues: Separation of Powers

American Presidents. (PBS) Teacher's Guide to The Presidents' Web site offers a range of activities and resources to help teachers integrate core themes, events, and ideas from the American presidency into the classroom.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Great Depression: Lesson module complete with links to primary source material, election maps, and timelines

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1940 (Library of Congress)

New Deal Network . THE resource for material on the Great Depression and New Deal policies

The FDR Cartoon Archive

Eleanor Roosevelt. American Experience / PBS

Surviving the Dust Bowl. American Experience /PBS. Timelines, maps and lesson ideas

Alabama Virtual Library

History Timelines (Alternatime)

History Matters  Designed for high school teachers of U.S. history courses. A gateway for web resources and other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.

National Archives Digital Classroom

American Memory Primary source material from the collection of the Library of Congress.

Time Magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century
 

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