footagefarm - YouTube
Too many primary source videos to list, but a worthwhile visit if you have the time to find raw footage to accompany any 20th century US History lesson
Executive orders signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
List of all executive orders signed by President Roosevelt while in office with links to the text of each
FDR National Historic Site
National Park site of FDR home and Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library
Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Fireside Chats were contributed by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, located in Hyde Park, New York. For more information about FDR, please check our links site at the bottom of this page
Lesson 2: Legislating Neutrality, 1934-1939 | EDSITEment
In this lesson students examine a series of primary source documents that will help them understand why neutrality laws were passed, and how they were applied in the mid- to late-1930s.
Lesson 4: The Great Debate: Internationalists vs. Isolationists | EDSITEment
In this lesson students will be introduced to the main arguments used by both sides in this great debate. Through the use of an interactive map and primary source documents they will trace the events of 1941, and think critically about what foreign policy would have best served national interests.
Radio History Documents | Federal Communications Commission
Collection of documents regulating the radio industry. Many of these documents demonstrate the manner in which the federal government is regulating the communications system of the United States. Likewise these documents can be used to dispel the myth that there is a free market