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Students explore the Second New Deal and how agencies like the WPA, SSA, and REA provided jobs, aid, and long-term support during the Great Depression. Activities include cartoon analysis, quote interpretation, vocabulary matching, and short-response questions about the government’s growing role in helping Americans.

Included in this resource:

Do Now - “President Roosevelt and his Alphabet Children” 1935 primary source political cartoon analysis with scaffolding questions
The Second New Deal graphic organizer reading passage with scaffolding questions
WPA
NLRB
SSA
RA
REA
NYA
Banking Act of 1935
United States Housing Authority
Alphabet Agencies matching vocabulary activity
How New Deal Agencies Changed American Lives primary source quotes activity analysis with scaffolding questions
Application/Closing/Higher-Order Thinking Assessment: Why did programs like Social Security and the WPA have a lasting impact on American society?
Answer key for teachers (suggested)
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