Lesson 9: FDR’s New Deal

Introduction

Important Icon In this lesson, we will look at Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and what it meant for the American people. Important Icon

Focus Question:

How did groups like the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority help to improve the country while putting unemployed Americans back to work?

FDR's New Deal

In the previous lesson, we learned about promises that Franklin D. Roosevelt made to the American people after he was elected president in 1932. One of these promises was an innovative package of programs that FDR wanted to put in place to help the American people. 

When Roosevelt took office in 1933, he quickly tried to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were suffering. Over the next several years, FDR and the government implemented a series of New Deal projects and programs, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

  In your journal:  Print the notes page and complete it as you go through the slides. If you do not have access to a printer, another option is to draw/write your notes page in your social studies journal.

 

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In your journal: Now, we will review some of the key terms you learned today. Throughout this unit, we will learn new words while adding to the key terms we have already learned. As you learn the words, continue to add to your vocabulary table you started in the previous lesson. Add the new terms below while also studying the previous terms.

 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt offered an opportunity for the American people. For the first time in years, the American people began to have hope.

  

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