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 5 (Links to an external site.) (7:20)
• Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources: Introduction (Links to an external site.) (Read this introduction before exploring the other links in this discussion.)
• Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources (Links 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 Materials (Links 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 Deal (Links 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.

Follow-Up Post Instructions
Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post.

Writing Requirements

• Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up)
• APA format for in-text citations and list of references

Grading
This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please review the following link:

• Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines

Course Outcomes (CO): 3, 5, 6

Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday
Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

References

Dyer, J. (Director), & Dyer, J. (Producer). (2005). A new deal: Part 5 [Video file]. Dallas County Community College District. Retrieved from Academic Video Online: Premium database.

Library of Congress. (2011, July 29). New Deal programs: Selected Library of Congress resources: Digitized materials. Retrieved from https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/am.html

Library of Congress. (2010, July 30). New Deal programs: Selected Library of Congress resources: Introduction. Retrieved from https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/intro.h…

Library of Congress. (2015, September 25). New Deal programs: Selected Library of Congress resources. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/

Library of Congress. (n.d.). President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1933-1945. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/pre…

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