Tuesday, January 5

Today in Class:
Yesterday you all got FDR's fireside chat delivered on July 24, 1933, On the First Hundred Days. Your homework yesterday was to do the reading, and today we had an assignment that corresponded with this document:
TASK: Write a letter to the editor either expressing your support for the New Deal or arguing against it, offering support in the form of detailed evidence for whatever position you take.

You also got a new packet, The Second New Deal (this GoogleDoc includes the first New Deal packet too). Some had time to finish the following questions in class, but if not, please complete for homework, using p.221 of the packet:

1. Why did FDR and his advisors see the need for a Second New Deal?
2. Compare and contrast the New Deal and the Second New Deal in terms of the goals, methods and actions of each (in paragraph form please).

C PERIOD, We met for long-block today, and you had an extra set of questions corresponding to the Second New Deal packet. Please complete for homework:

1. Make a list of the main complaints and suggestions of those who felt the New Deal did not do enough.
2. Look at the criticisms that the New Deal was doing too much. Roosevelt’s opponents were often accused of being selfish. How far do the criticisms support or contradict that view?
3. What do Sources 13 and 14 suggest about Roosevelt’s New Deal?