Session 6: New Deal Programs and Their Legacies
Session 6: New Deal Programs and Their Legacies
Session 6: New Deal Programs and Their Legacies
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<strong>Session</strong> 6: <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> <strong>Programs</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Their</strong> <strong>Legacies</strong> ____________________________________<br />
Materials<br />
• Textbook<br />
• Other resources on the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong><br />
• “<strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> <strong>Programs</strong>” worksheet (Attachment F)<br />
Instructional Activities<br />
1. Explain to students the purpose <strong>and</strong> goals of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> programs, including the concept<br />
that the programs were based on the idea of relief, recovery, <strong>and</strong> reform. It is important for<br />
students to underst<strong>and</strong> that the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> constituted a shift in the role of the federal<br />
government in the economy <strong>and</strong> in peoples’ lives. Whereas the government had previously<br />
adopted a “h<strong>and</strong>s off” policy regarding the economy, the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> programs sought to<br />
regulate the stock market, reform the banking industry, <strong>and</strong> bring people relief through work<br />
programs <strong>and</strong> economic aid.<br />
2. Give each student (or each small group of students) a worksheet (Attachment F). Have<br />
students complete the second column of the chart, using the textbook <strong>and</strong> other resources.<br />
3. After students have completed the second column, help the students complete the third<br />
column, which addresses the legacies of these <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> programs.
Attachment F: <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> <strong>Programs</strong> __________________________________________________<br />
Program<br />
Ways the program affected<br />
society during the Great<br />
Depression<br />
Ways the program influences<br />
society today<br />
Works Progress Administration<br />
Social Security Administration<br />
Agricultural Adjustment<br />
Administration<br />
Federal Deposit Insurance<br />
Corporation<br />
Security <strong>and</strong> Exchange<br />
Commission
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