As part of the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Art Project's goal was to provide employment to artists who would be educators and creators of public art. Read about the legacy of the Federal Art Project in Oklahoma during the...

This article discusses the uneasy alliance maintained by Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and the implications of this alliance on the development of the Cold War.

This site provides a comprehensive overview of many conferences between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and the Allies' conferences with Stalin and others during World War II and includes links to related resources and media.

Read about the conflict between the laws and regulations that were passed during Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and the interpretation of the commerce clause by the Supreme Court. Roosevelt had a plan to change the Supreme Court. See...

This companion to the PBS series surveys the career of the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through the Great Depression and World War II.

Although Americans remained isolationist in their thinking, President Roosevelt understood that the European allies needed help against the Germans. Read about the incremental ways America became involved in World War II in Europe...

A brief look at the expansionist moves of Japan in China, including a description of the Rape of Nanking. Also read about the military expansionism in Europe and Africa by both Germany and Italy, finally resulting in a declaration of war...

This activity presents students with two versions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous speech following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor-an earlier typewritten draft and his final reading copy. Students will read, analyze, and...

Excellent resource for finding PowerPoint presentations on the Great Depression, New Deal, and FDR to use in your classroom. Also, provides games for students and teacher lesson plans.

A photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt from the Musum of the City of New York.