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Here are the teacher pack items for The Changing Role of Government:
Overview In this experience, students predict why historians consider the Great Depression a turning point in U.S. history. Then they review arguments for and against the New Deal. Next they analyze how conflict between Roosevelt and the Supreme Court might be viewed as a violation of Constitutional principles. Finally they learn about Roosevelt’s use of radio fireside chats to build public trust, and they write a few paragraphs of an imaginary fireside chat. Objectives
Americans expected the federal government to “fix” the economy and to aid Americans suffering due to the Great Depression. Immediately upon inauguration, President Roosevelt promoted the New Deal in order to provide relief for the unemployed, to establish recovery programs to create jobs, and to pass reform legislation to regulate the economy and provide social welfare. In this experience you will learn more about the expansion in size and power of the U.S. federal government and the role of government in times of economic crisis.
Objectives
Men building the Washington National Airport (now called the Ronald Reagan National Airport),
a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project to create jobs
Many historians consider the Great Depression as a turning point in U.S. history. In what ways do you predict that the United States changed as a result of the Great Depression?
Accept any reasonable answers and give students a few minutes to react to one another’s ideas. According to many historians, the New Deal laid the foundation for future stability and prosperity in the United States. Americans came to believe that the federal government has a responsibility to intervene in the economy as well as protect the social welfare of the population.
