The New Deal, Fireside Chats, the Arsenal for Democracy, the Four Freedoms. This short video of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, provides viewers with a brief overview of FDR's life and accomplishments.

Concepts

united states presidents, franklin d. roosevelt, the new deal, the great depression

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video establish a context for the times or to stimulate interest in more in-depth studies of the many topics and events pictured

Pros

• Included in the resource are links to additional videos about Roosevelt, as well as mini-biographies of Hitler, Stalin, Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt and others

Cons

• The video begins with a short advertisement