Franklin Roosevelt: life and works. Video worksheets, differentiated.

A thorough, concise, and germane account of FDR’s life and four terms. Birth, education, influences, marriage; State Senator in New York; Assistant Secretary of the Navy; 1920 election. Polio, The March of Dimes. Governor of New York. Great Depression. New Deal. 25 % unemployment, crop prices fall 60 %, industrial production falls, two million homeless, bank closures, bank runs. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” “Fireside chats,” “First 100 Days”, the there Rs; Emergency Banking Act. Glass-Steagall Act, the FDIC, Cullen–Harrison Act ends prohibition. The Civilian Conservation Corps, NIRA – unconstitutional. TVA, Second New Deal, WPA, Social Security, the Wagner Act, 1936 election. WPA. NRA ruled unconstitutional. “Court packing”. WW2, third term. “Four Freedoms”; Lend-Lease; the Atlantic Charter; “a date hich will live in infamy”. Relocation of Japanese Americans. Pacific campaign. Post-war plans and summits, Stalin reassessed. FDR’s death, and tributes.

20 questions for the c.26-minute film. Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Good subtitles: scripted, not auto-generated. Questions right up to the end, no slack time! Creates a great intro / revision / summary resource. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.

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