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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Benjamin Franklin (1706 1790)
A portrait of Benjamin Franklin from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
Digital History
Digital History: The New Dealers
Franklin D. Roosevelt brought in many different thinkers to help find ideas to fix the Great Depression. Read about their ideas and the ways they instituted their ways of thinking.
Digital History
Digital History: The Farmers' Plight
Read about the plight of American farmers in the Great Depression. Franklin Roosevelt instituted several programs to help the rural population, the most important of which was the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Find out whom this act...
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Nyit: School of Management: New Deal
Explains the programs instituted by FDR between 1933 and 1938 to curb the effects of the Great Depression. Lists and briefly defines such programs as the Agricultural Adjustment Act, WPA, National Housing Act, etc.
Wessels Living History Farm
Living History Farm: Farming in the 1930s: The Politics of the Rea
Electrifying rural America revolutionized farm life. Read about how the Rural Electrification Administration was instituted and what had to be done to encourage rural families to form electric co-ops. Included is an interview with a...
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: History of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Audio and video presentation on the history of the national postal delivery system that started in 1775 with the appointment of Benjamin Franklin as Postmaster General. [3:14] Also provides the history of the National Postal Museum in...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Herblock's Presidents
Features an online exhibition of the presidential political cartoons of Herbert Block being shown at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Contains drawings from Franklin Roosevelt through Bill Clinton which can be viewed by...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Franklin Pierce
Brief biographical sketch of America's fourteenth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
The Franklin Institute
In Quiry Almanack: Smelling
Site provides fun activities for kids to do in the classroom to help them better understand the sense of smell.
The Franklin Institute
Missouri Botanical Garden: Ocean Facts
Click on all the links to find out many interesting facts about the ocean. Why is the ocean blue? Why is it salty? Where do most of the animals and plants live? Which ocean is the biggest? The deepest? How much of the Earth is covered by...
The Franklin Institute
As the Drill Bit Turns
Is the world running out of gas? Teach your students how their lives impact the depletion of non-renewable resources, specifically oil, and how the depletion of those resources will effect the future.
The Franklin Institute
In Quiry Almanack: Touching
Let your students get a feel for their sense of touch by perusing this site. Site includes interactive activities to use in the classroom.
The Franklin Institute
In Quiry Almanack: Undersea and Oversee
Dive into a greater understanding of the oceans by tagging along on this exploration of the oceans.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: The Incredible Lever
This site contains a scientific experiment in which students build a lever by using a wood plank and brick.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: I Want You Fdr
Read about how this poster made and why it was issued by the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Eleanor Roosevelt
A brief account of Eleanor Roosevelt's importance to her husband's administration and agenda. Accompanied by a photograph taken by Lotte Jacobi.
The Franklin Institute
In Quiry Almanack: Tasting
Interest students in learning about the sense of taste with this mouth watering site. Offers activities to use in the classroom as well as scientific research.
The Franklin Institute
Marshall Elementary School: Ocean Games & Puzzles
Complete interactive word searches to find animals of the intertidal zone. Learn ocean facts by completing a crossword puzzle. Match up pieces of a puzzle to display the water cycle. And after learning all that information, test yourself...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: History Explorer: Nbc "Fireside Chat" Microphone
Read about the first of FDR's "Fireside Chats" that he delivered over the radio with an image of the microphone used.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edwin J. Houston
Professor of Physical Geography and Natural Philosophy in the Central High School of Philadelphia; Professor of Physics in the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania.
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North Carolina History Project: Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Explanation and critique of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), an income support program instituted by Franklin's New Deal, with respect to its impact on North Carolinians.
The Franklin Institute
Inquiry Almanack: Bio Point
Discover from a student's point of view what a "DNA fingerprint," is and how it is extracted.
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Smithsonian Education: Spotlight Biography Inventors
This entry is part of the Smithsonian Institution's website. It features biographical sketches of 10 American inventors, from Benjamin Franklin to the Wright brothers. The site includes graphics and links to related websites both within...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Georgia: Warm Springs Historic District
Includes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Little White House and the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.