Featured Resources
The Library's Education Department offers many helpful resources to teachers, students, parents, and members of the general public for use outside of the field trip program experience.
These are intended to help students learn about the research process, the history of President Roosevelt's life and times, and to provide new and interesting ways to connect with the FDR Presidential Library and Museum.
Please visit the web pages especially for Students, Teachers, and Parents to find resources more targeted to age group and special interests. If you seek online
resources developed for the adult research community, please visit the Archives portion
of this website, specifically
Search Our Collections to begin your primary source research and More Online Resources to find bibliographies, timelines, and other features.
Information About the Roosevelts
 Roosevelt Biographies Read about the lives and careers of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Find fast facts, chronologies, and Fala, the Roosevelt's famous dog. |
 Roosevelt Pictures Historical photographs of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Fala the dog, the Great Depression and World War II. These are selections from the Archives at the FDR Library. |
 Roosevelt Facts and FiguresAnswers to many of the frequently asked questions about the life and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. |
 Document of the Month One document selected from the Roosevelt Library Archives to highlight a special moment in history. Check back each month! |
Timelines
Chart the lives and careers of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt, and American
Presidents of the 20th Century.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Day by Day
This is an interactive chronology showing Franklin Roosevelt’s daily schedules as
President. With Day by Day you can search for information about FDR's activities from March 1933 to April 1945.
You can also follow along the timeline to find historical documents and photographs related
to a particular month in history. These schedules, documents, and photographs come
from the Archives of the FDR Library.
Information About Researching
Document Based Questions (DBQs)
and Primary Sources
Most students are required to answer document based questions in their tests and assignments
at school. Learn more about using primary sources for research.
The FDR Library Research Guide
A brief guide to help you organize yourself and your thoughts as you begin to plan
and perform a research assignment. Topics include clarifying your task, getting started,
using primary sources,and more.
Ideas for Projects and Research Topics
Find a wide variety of broad topic ideas that you can narrow and refine then take
to your teacher
for approval as a term paper or project topic. Once you've talked to your teacher,
Contact the Education Specialist about finding primary source information for your research.
National History Day
National History Day culminates in a national contest each June after a series of
competitions held first at the school, regional, and then state levels. Learn more
about this competition and about the many resources available for student researchers
at the FDR Library.
Innovative Ways of Teaching and Learning About the Roosevelt Era
Curriculum Guides
Using primary source documents, photographs, and accompanied by study questions and
other resources from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library archives, the guides are designed
for use by teachers of civics, citizenship, government, economics, geography, fine
arts, history, writing and journalism. The curriculum guides can be effectively used
by students from 3rd to 12th grade.
The Roosevelt Rap
Learning this rap is one of the coolest ways to remember the story of Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Get the lyrics and then link to YouTube to watch the video. This page includes a
list of questions to test your knowledge after learning the rap.
Periodic Table of the New Deal
Presents the major programs, players and events surrounding the New Deal. The table
is designed to be used in a number of ways: as a visual depiction of the complexity
and scope of these events; as a way introduce students to specific players and events;
or as a comprehensive list of selections for further in-depth investigation.
Roosevelt Fun with Facts: games and activities
Creative and fun activities to learn and test your knowledge about presidential history.
Includes orginal games like The New Deal Alpahabet Soup Descrambler, Design Your Own Bookplate, and Making Poetry
from the Roosevelts.
Search Our Collections: Connect with the archival materials at the FDR Presidential Library, learn about our research services, or Ask the Archivist a research question.
More Online Resources: Find bibliographies, chronologies, Roosevelt genealogy, suggestions for primary source research, how to plan a research visit, and more.
