starter activity

Describe the picture or source here.

What the 3 minute film about the New Deal and try to work out what the different words or images relate to.

Can you think of any similarities between the New Deal and other presidents’ policies you have studied?

How good a deal How good a deal was the New Dealwas the New Deal

TBAT explain the key features TBAT explain the key features of the New Dealof the New Deal

To assess whether the policy To assess whether the policy succeeded or failedsucceeded or failed

Learning objectives

Key words: alphabet agencies fireside chats

‘Local Industry’ by Paul Mays (1936). Read about the New Deal legislation (p.116 & p.125, Pennington). Try to match laws & policies to elements of the painting and annotate the image. Annotate in a different colour elements of the New Deal not shown. Note down in a different colour some of the problems.

AAA – farm

subsidies

So was the New Deal a success or a failure? Divide your page in two and watch this clip and take notes

on either side of the argument. Read p.224-225 (Walsh) and

supplement your notes.

This House believes that the New Deal was an unmitigated

failure!

How good a deal How good a deal was the New Dealwas the New Deal

TBAT explain the key features TBAT explain the key features of the New Dealof the New Deal

To assess whether the policy To assess whether the policy succeeded or failedsucceeded or failed

Learning objectives

Key words: alphabet agencies fireside chats