Week 6 Discussion 1: The New Deal
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 24 (Section 24.4), 25, 26
- Lesson
- Link (video): A New Deal: Part 5Links to an external site.(7:20)
- Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources: IntroductionLinks to an external site.(Read this introduction before exploring the other links in this discussion.)
- Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress ResourcesLinks to an external site.(Explore the links under Sections and Topic for specific New Deal Programs.)
- Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources: Digitized MaterialsLinks to an external site.(Explore the links for primary sources including audio recordings, written narratives, photographs, posters, and music.)
- Link (website): President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New DealLinks to an external site.(Review the documents and interviews on this site.)
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to noted resources)
Initial Post Instructions:
For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following (any program and/or act of the New Deal):
Reflecting over the weekly reading and lesson video The New Deal Coalition (also linked in the Required Resources), address the following for your selections:
- Consider workers, immigrants, and African Americans.
- Explain how minorities were represented by the New Deal.
- Analyze to what extent you think that the New Deal effectively ended the Great Depression and restored the economy.
Writing Requirements
- APA format for in-text citations and list of references
- 2 sources required, 1 source must be in text citation from textbook
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook
- Link to textbook – https://openstax.org/details/books/us-history
