Teacher Websites

This website allows teachers to easily assess primary sources so that they can work with their students to better understand the problems faced by many different groups of students during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. The site also provides images, maps and actual documents from this period in history.

This website summarizes the events of the Great Depression and the impact of the New Deal on turning America around. This educational resource provides teachers with lesson plans, documents, images, artwork and other resources.

This website is a great summary of the events that lead up to the Great Depression, the causes of the Great Depression and the impact that the stock market crash had on the American economy.

This PBS series provides teachers with background information on the people that stayed in the Plains during the Dust Bowl. It has links to biographies of famous individuals during this era in history and articles about events that were important. It also provides a photo gallery as a resource for teaching.

This website provides a series of 6 units that can be used either in conjunction with each other or as stand-alone units to discuss the Great Depression. The site has great audio links to actual fireside chats by FDR, images from the Great Depression and videos that explain the causes and effects of the stock market crash.