NewDealResources


 * Professor Maney's PowerPoint Presentation**

http://historyconnected.wikispaces.com/Technology+Instructions (scroll down)
 * VoiceThread Presentation and Resources**

[] The Roosevelt Library in New York contains some fourteen thousand songs that regular Americans wrote to Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt during their time in the White house. History professor Patrick Maney explored these songs while researching a biography of FDR. Link to the NPR interview and the songs.
 * Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Song, NPR**

Patrick Maney. **“The Legend of FDR’s First 100 Days in Office.”** //Boston// //Globe//. 9 February 2009. [] “Historical myth always has an advantage over truth by virtue of its head start. But the legend of Franklin Roosevelt's famous first 100 days has become so overblown that it may be crippling the ability of leaders to be effective, let alone achieve the instantaneous greatness for which millions are now pining….”

“Boys Town,” (1938) http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Town-Spencer-Tracy/dp/B000B5XOYS/ref=ed_oe_dvd
 * Film Clips Seen at the Session**

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 * The Roosevelt Rap**

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 * Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum**

The New Deal Network was developed as a research and teaching resource for students and educators. “The New Deal Network seeks to make the most of the interactive, communications and publication capacities of the Internet. Its designers intend to bring many different institutions and individuals into the ongoing construction of the site and to stimulate students and historians throughout the United States to discover and document the human and material legacy of the New Deal. []
 * The New Deal Network**

“During the Great Depression, thousands of young people wrote to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for help. They asked for clothing, money, and other forms of assistance.” This site of the New Deal Network contains the letters from children to Mrs. Roosevelt, historical essays, and lesson plan ideas. []
 * Dear Mrs. Roosevelt**

[] This site contains political cartoons from the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was organized by a classroom teacher with support from the FDR Presidential Library.
 * FDR Cartoons**

[] “The following presentation of collection highlights was selected by Library of Congress staff who have worked closely with the WPA posters. The posters were selected with an eye toward their design, representation of a variety of states and artists, and as a way of featuring those that have not been widely published. These examples demonstrate the breadth and depth of the collection and the styles and content used by the WPA to advertise varied programs and campaigns.”
 * Posters from the WPA: Collection Highlights**

[] YouTube Channel: [] Great Depression Cooking with Clara is an online cooking show starring the 94 year old cook, Clara. In each episode Clara prepares recipes that her mother made during the Depression.
 * Great Depression Cooking with Clara**

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 * Peter Beinart. “The New Liberal Order.”** //Time.// November 13, 2008. (Cover story from Time Magazine cover of President Obama in Roosevelt’s image.)

Click on Listen to Stories to access the search feature. [|**http://storycorps.org/**]
 * Story Corps**