1. A statue of a man listening to a Fireside Chat at the Roosevelt Memorial.

2. Learning Goals: 1. Summarize the steps FDR took to boost public confidence and bring relief to those who suffered economic distress. 2. Explain the purpose and scope of Roosevelt’s Second New Deal. 3. Identify reasons why the New Deal slowed down.

3. Topic: The New Deal Do: Explain which of the New Deal programs helped the US economy the most Level: Analysis

4. Journal Question: As a young person affected by the Great Depression, write a letter to President Hoover in November, 1929. Describe your family’s circumstances and why you have lost faith in him to continue leading the country.

5. relief 1. Franklin Roosevelt told Americans in his first fireside chat that it was safer to keep your money in a reopened bank than under your mattress. The three goals of the bills FDR sent to Congress were to bring relief to the needy, recovery for agriculture and industry, and reforms to the economy. His approach to fighting the Depression was to use the power of the federal government aggressively.

6. 2. FDR’s comprehensive program to fight the Great Depression was called the New Deal. His brain trust studied the nation’s problems and recommended solutions. Deficit spending is the practice of using borrowed money to fund government programs. An FSA migrant workers' camp at Farmersville, California.

7. An FSA migrant workers' camp at Farmersville, California. I

8. Think-Pair- Share If you were to write a new patriotic song what would one of the topics of the song be? Come up with a line from the song. Write it down for extra credit. Think of an answer – Turn to a neighbor and share your thoughts- We will share as a group

9. 3. The government program that employed some two million young men planting trees and improving the environment was created in 1933 and was called the Civilian Conservation Corps.

10. 4. The Tennessee Valley Authority had government- run enterprises competing against private businesses. Voters show their support for Roosevelt by sending even more Democrats to Congress. Generators in the powerhouse at TVA's Pickwick Dam in Tennessee. Pickwick Dam in Tennessee.

11. 5. “We have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt In this quotation, Roosevelt is stressing that Government should help the unemployed and retirees.

12. 6. The Second New Deal focused on social reform. The Social Security Act was the New Deal law that provided aid to the unemployed, retirement benefits, and assistance to the disabled.

14. 7. Roosevelt asked Congress to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court in 1937 and this action damaged his popularity with the American people. Republicans and Democrats said his court-packing bill would interfere with the system of “checks and balances.”

15. 8. Using the graph, 19% of workers had no job in 1938.

16. CLOSURE ACTIVITY Read one of the learning goals for the unit and write a multiple choice test question based on the goal.