FDR/New Deal Webquest

The FDR/New Deal WebQuest:

You will explore topics that are related to the FDR and the New Deal using the World Wide Web.  The "links" that you will find will help you begin to develop an understanding of some of the events surrounding FDR and the New Deal

The Task:

Please answer the following questions using the World Wide Web. You may use topical "link", related "links" or "search engines" to find this information.

• When was FDR elected to his first political office, and what was it? CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE
• What disease did he contract in 1921, and what effect did it have on him? CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE
• How many times was he elected President, and in what years? CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE
• Where and when did he die? CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE
  
  
• CLICK HERE to find the name and acronym for each of the following New Deal programs:
  1. Employment and vocational training for needy young men through work in the conservation and development of natural resources
  2. Created in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communication by telegraph, telephone, cable, and radio
  3. To insure the deposits of approved banks against loss in the event of bank failure.
  4. Created in 1934 to encourage residential construction, repair, and modernization by insuring loans and mortgages.
  5. Created in 1935 to protect employees in their rights to self-organization and collective bargaining.
  6. Created in 1933 to operate government- owned properties at Muscle Shoals, Ala.; to develop water and power resources of the Tennessee River watershed
  7. Created in 1935 to relieve unemployment

• What was the condition of the Tennessee Valley before the TVA, and how did the new dams change people's lives? CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE
  
  
• Professor Puzzler is an expert on the New Deal. Can you match wits with him? There are 10 questions. You need to do five questions. Please write the question and the answer. CLICK HERE to go to Professor Puzzler.

Resources:

The following are some related links and search engines for the above topics.

Related "links"

• Social Science Resources HomePage (local Nebraska page)
• The History Channel
• The New Deal Network
• The American Memory Project of the Library of Congress
• History Online
• The History Net

Search Engines

• Cyber 411
• AltaVista
• Yahoo
• WebCrawler
• Lycos
• Galaxy
• InfoSeek
• Access ERIC

The Process:

1. Each one of the questions is directly "linked" to a site that relates to it.
2. Select the "linked" site and look for information that you can use to answer the quesstion.
3. Remember: you will need to write the answer for each question..
4. You may also use one of the search engines to find information for your question.

Learning Advice:

• When you use one of the related "links"  you will have to look for your answer within that homepage or it's related "links."
• If you choose to use a search engine you will have to select the search engine to use and then type in your topic.  The search engine will provide you with a listing of what it feels are related "links."  You will have to explore the offered "links" to find one that relates to your topic.
  
  • Hint:  try to be specific when you type in your topic
  • Hint:  try connecting the words within your topic with the "+" sign; this will make your topic connected and provide a more defined search.

Conclusion:

The World Wide Web can provide you with a "wealth" of information that will support what you are learning in school.  You have begun to explore the ways that you may use the WWW.  You will find that the WWW can help provide you with information as you continue to study, in school or out of school.