THE GREAT DEPRESSION
AND THE PRESIDENCY
In the popular media, the financial crises of 2008 have stirred
repeated references to the Great Depression. Could another Depression occur?
Are investors and public officials making some of the same mistakes? What were
the 1930s really like?
For educators, the crisis offers a teachable moment. Now is the time to help your students gain a
realistic understanding of this crucial period of America’s past, which some
may know about only through the sketchy recollections of grandparents and
great-grandparents. Phoenix Learning
Group, with its collection of films focused on this troubled era of U.S.
history, stands ready to help.
These informative films will not only help you and your
students explore the economic crises of our nation’s history, but will also
help you raise question about our current way of life and the challenges facing
today’s world – including some that echo those of the Great Depression
years.
Phoenix’s films will also help you explore the presidency of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and how it helped the nation recover from such a
devastating blow. Our programs can help
foster an examination of the ideas and solutions the government tried in the
1930s, and of how they compare with ideas and proposals that are being
considered today.
Click here to view our selected films on the Great Depression and the Presidency.
Click here to download our Great Depression brochure (PDF).
