Curriculum Guides

The following curriculum guides were created by the Education and Archives staff of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum. The written material for these guides is fully available for downloading on this page. Film materials are available on the Library’s YouTube channel. If you are unable to access You Tube or would like a copy of the film material on DVD, please contact the Education Specialist. Lesson plans and online resources for teaching with primary sources are also available through the Digital Classroom on the National Archives website.

Franklin D. Roosevelt and World War II

This guide includes an overview of Franklin D. Roosevelt's leadership during World War II, a selection of historical documents on this topic, and a series of teaching activities for you to adapt to your classroom and curriculum needs.

Because it contains many large digital image files featuring archival documents, this curriculum guide is available for download in 9 distinct parts. Please select a portion from the outline below or contact the Education Specialist to obtain a printed copy by mail.

 

Link to YouTubeLink to YouTube for the film material that accompanies this curriculum guide. If you are unable to access You Tube or would like a copy of the film material on DVD, please  contact the Education Specialist.

The Presidency and the Supreme Court

This package includes a brief overview of the Presidency and the Supreme Court since the Hoover Administration, a set of topical documents, and a series of teaching activities for you to adapt to your classroom and curriculum needs.

Because it contains many large digital image files featuring archival documents, this curriculum guide is available for download in 9 distinct parts. Please select a portion from the outline below or contact the Education Specialist to obtain a printed copy by mail.

 

 

Link to YouTubeLink to YouTube for the film material that accompanies this curriculum guide. If you are unable to access You Tube or would like a copy of the film material on DVD, please  contact the Education Specialist.

 

Sights and Sounds of the Farm Security Administration 1935-1943 

Sights and Sounds of the Great DepressionThe guide includes an overview of the Great Depression, the New Deal Programs developed to combat it, and a series of teaching activities for you to adapt to your classroom and curriculum needs.  

To download the curriculum guide materials, please select a portion from the outline below or contact the Education Specialist to obtain a printed copy by mail.

 

Link to YouTubeLink to YouTube for the film material that accompanies this curriculum guide. If you are unable to access You Tube or would like a copy of the film material on DVD, please  contact the Education Specialist.  

Red Tailed Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen

The guide includes copies of primary source documents, an overview of the Tuskegee Experiment and and a series of teaching activities for you to adapt to your classroom and curriculum needs.

To download the curriculum guide materials, please select a portion from the outline below or contact the Education Specialist to obtain a printed copy by mail.

 

Link to YouTubeLink to YouTube for the film material that accompanies this curriculum guide. If you are unable to access You Tube or would like a copy of the film material on DVD, please contact the Education Specialist.

"Our Plain Duty" FDR and America's Social Security 

The guide includes copies of primary source documents, an overview of the Tuskegee Experiment and and a series of teaching activities for you to adapt to your classroom and curriculum needs.

To download the curriculum guide materials, please select a portion from the outline below or contact the Education Specialist to obtain a printed copy by mail.

 

For more information or to request printed copies of the curriculum guide materials above, please contact the Education Specialist.

 
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