US History Academic Standards
USH.4.3 Analyze the impact of the New Deal in transforming the federal government's role in domestic economic policies.
B. Examine how national policies addressed the economic crisis including John Maynard Keynes' theory of deficit spending, Roosevelt's court packing plan, and the new federal agencies of the Social Security Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
Oklahoma History Center Education Resources
Traveling Trunks
Dust Bowl and Great Depression
E-Exhibit
The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal in Oklahoma
Teacher Development
"Learning about the Great Depression through Primary Sources"
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
Keith L. Bryant, Jr., "New Deal"
William H. Mullins, "Great Depression"
William H. Mullins, "Works Progress Administration"
Suzanne H. Schrems, "Civilian Conservation Corps"
Linda D. Wilson, "Old Age Security Ace"
Glen Roberson, "Grand River Dam Authority"
Bruce Hoagland, "Shelterbelts"
Research Center Resources
Donald Worster, Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979).
Keith L. Bryant Jr., "Oklahoma in the New Deal," in The New Deal, Vol. 2, The State and Local Levels, ed. John Braeman, Robert H. Bremner, and David Brody (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1975).
Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr., ed., Hard Times in Oklahoma: The Depression Years (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1983).
Audio/Visual
Photograph of an unidentified work camp, perhaps Civilian Conservation Corps. Photo shows a large group of men carrying tools. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1613235/
Photograph of CCC camp in Idabel with two men on cots and a grandstand in the background. Men in photo are Rupert Edge and Albert Birdsong. Photo is taken in 1935. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1550633/
Photograph of Little Harlem, Civilian Conservation Corps 1817 and Soil Conservation Service Camp OK 27. The photo shows the decorative masonry pillars and gate with the sign and the camp itself in the background which was established for African Americans. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc961681/
Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt Speaking at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds (on Eastern Ave.), Oklahoma City, OK. Speaker Rostrum Made By J.W. Tatom. Photo by W.P.A., July 9, 1938. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1595595/
Photograph of laborers excavating for a storm sewer in an Oklahoma City neighborhood. The project is funded by the Works Progress Administration. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc231409/
Online Primary Sources
Court Packing vs. Reorganizing: The Supreme Court in New Deal, National Archives
President Roosevelt's Fireside Chat on Reorganization of the Judiciary (March 9, 1937)
Primary Sources: The Great Depression and the 1930s: FDIC, Christopher Newport University
Primary Sources: The Great Depression and the 1930s: CCC, Christopher Newport University
FDR's Greeting to the Civilian Conservation Corps, PBS
Primary Sources: The Great Depression and the 1930s: WPA, Christopher Newport University
Primary Sources: The Great Depression and the 1930s: TVA, Christopher Newport University
C. Summarize the causes and impact of the Dust Bowl including the government's responses.
"Woody Guthrie: The Dust Bowl Balladeer," Crossroads
Oklahoma History Center Education Resources
Traveling Trunks
Dust Bowl and Great Depression
E-Exhibit
The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal in Oklahoma
Learning about the Great Depression through Primary Sources
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
Guy Logsdon, "Dust Bowl Lore"
Derek Arndt, "Drought"
Keith L. Bryant, Jr., "William Henry David Murray"
William H. Mullins, "Okie Migrations"
Marsha L. Weisiger, "Migrant Camps"
Richard Mize, "Sallisaw"
Guy Logsdon, "Woodrow Wilson Guthrie"
Research Center Resources
Donald Worster, Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979).
Keith L. Bryant, Jr., "Oklahoma in the New Deal," in The New Deal, Vol. 2, The State and Local Levels, ed. John Braeman, Robert H. Bremner, and David Brody (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1975).
Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr., ed., Hard Times in Oklahoma: The Depression Years (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1983).
Audio/Visual
Photograph of a dust storm during the Dust Bowl https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1082885/
Photograph of a farm in a storm during the Dust Bowl https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1082763/
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc318528/
Online Primary Sources
"Primary Sources: The Dust Bowl," Library of Congress
Letter from a Dust Bowl Survivor
Additional Resources
"Letters From the Dust Bowl," The Atlantic
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