The New Deal:  A New Day Dawning

 

The New Deal forever changed Americans conception of their government.  Its ideal was one of intervention – but it was intervention to SAVE capitalism and to save the American Way.  To achieve this, Roosevelt and Congress sponsored numerous agencies and laws that have collectively become known as “Alphabet Soup”.  The following project will allow us all to learn about the different agencies:

 

For your assigned New Deal you will create TWO PowerPoint slides – one with simply an image (picture, poster, etc.).  The second slide will contain bullet points to describe your New Deal agency (when the law was passed, what its intended purpose was, and its successes and failures).  Your picture could show the problem that needed to be solved, but it could also be an image of it being solved.  Either way, the image should specifically relate to your agency.

 

You will use this sheet to record notes, to cite the source from which your image came, and as a grade sheet that will be used by your teacher:

 

New Deal Agencies

 

*Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)             *Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

*Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)                             *Farm Security Administration (FSA)

*National Recovery Administration (NRA)                     *Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

*Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)                                    *Social Security Act (SSA)

*Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)                    *Public Works Administration (PWA)

*National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)                      *Works Progress Administration (WPA)

*Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)                 *Civil Works Administration (CWA)

*Indian Reorganization Act  (IRA)                                 *21st Amendment

*Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

 

You will need to take notes on others presentations.  Images that you put on the PowerPoint will be used in a matching section of your exam on the Great Depression.

 

 

Grading

 

Picture (10 pts)                                                

Does picture relate to topic?                               Your Score:___________       

 

Description of New Deal Agency  (20 pts.)

Does PowerPoint contain bullet summary?  Does your presentation add to the PowerPoint?  Is it clear and understandable?                                  

Your Score____________

 

 

Links – the following is a list of POSSIBLE sources.  The following sites may have pictures/information that could be useful.  If you can’t find anything, do some searching of your own.

 

America:  From Great Depression to WWII – easily searchable site from the American Memory Project

The Great Depression – contains several links to many sites. 

Great Depression Photo Essay – great site that chronologically deals with the depression

Great Depression Art Gallery – great site that chronologically deals with the depression through art

New Deal Network – many different links to photos, documents, etc. that deal with the Depression and the New Deal

FDR Cartoon Network – categorizes cartoons by topic/era

The Marchand Collection at UC Davis – The Great Depression – eight categories of images

Photos of the Great Depression – organized by About.com and divided into categories

Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library – online keyword search and/or browse topics