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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Fdr: Acceptance Speech at the Democratic Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of the acceptance speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt at the 1932 Democratic Convention.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: State of the Union Address 1935

For Students 9th - 10th
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union Address delivered in 1935.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Fireside Chat: Plan for Reorganization of Judiciary

For Students 9th - 10th
Franklin D. Roosevelt introduces a movement to reorganize the judiciary system of the United States during his March 9, 1937 Fireside Chat. He proposes to change the number of judges and the terms of their services to best uphold the...
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Quarantine Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech to the American people pleading that the people understand and support the desperate desire for peace in the world and to isolate the country from the aggressive nations in October, 1937.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: State of the Union Address 1938

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcribed version of the State of the Union delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 3, 1938.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: State of the Union Address 1942

For Students 9th - 10th
Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union Address to the nation in January 1942.
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US National Archives

Docs Teach: "A Date Which Will Live in ": Two Versions of Fdr's Infamy Speech

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity presents young scholars with two versions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous speech following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor-an earlier typewritten draft and his final reading copy. Students will read,...
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Documents Related to Fdr and Churchill

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a concise overview of the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill with links to related primary source documents.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Fireside Chat

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of the very first Fireside Chat given by FDR in 1933. He addressed the American people about banking.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Digital History

Digital History: Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Election of 1932

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of Franklin D. Roosevelt's private and political life prior to being nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic party in the election of 1932.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: President Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with the historical text "President Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Campaigns and Elections

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion and details of Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaigns and elections of 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The viewing goals for this lesson were for students to use a visual text, Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech (played first without sound), to identify visual cues & understand why he may have chosen to use certain...
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Curated OER

History Matters: "One Third of a Nation": Fdr's Second Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and listen to Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address where he points out the problems and progress made in his previous four years. He goes on to lay out his plans for his next term.
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Curated OER

Picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography on the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [7:04] of the swearing in and the first Inaugural Address of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 4, 1933.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "The Four Freedoms"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of President Franklin Roosevelt's speech to the 77th Congress entitled "The Four Freedoms" on January 6, 1941.
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Sam Houston State University

Shsu: Correspondence of Roosevelt and Truman With Stalin

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains letters of correspondence of Roosevelt and Truman with Stalin on Lend Lease and other aid to the Soviet Union.
Handout
Other

Georgia Info: Fdr's Visits to Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed account of FDR's involvement in Georgia, in particular, his role in the establishment of a medical foundation at Warm Springs, Georgia. FDR actually bought the property and used the warm waters to try to help with his...
Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll through this discussion of Franklin Roosevelt's attention to foreign policy during his several terms in office to "Confronting Germany and Japan" and "Descent into War." Here you will find out about the United States' position of...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Churchill's Broadcast About Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript from Churchill's radio broadcast to the world regarding his meetings with Roosevelt at the Atlantic Conference in 1941. From the British Library of Information.
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New York Times

New York Times: On This Day: Roosevelt, Churchill Map 1943 War Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th
A great article from the New York Times on January 24, 1943, reporting on the meeting between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Casablanca. At this meeting it was confirmed that the United Nations would accept only...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fdr and the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who held this office from 1933 to 1945, and his New Deal policies and initiatives that saw the United States through the Great Depression.

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