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The Great Depression and the Arts
A Unit of Study for Grades 8-12

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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "One Third of a Nation." Pennsylvania Federal Art Project. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

The New Deal's Federal Theatre Project

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Documents

A Suggestion for Legislation to Create the Tennessee Valley Authority, Franklin Roosevelt, April 10, 1933
Power: A Living Newspaper, Arthur Arent (First produced February 23, 1937)
Roosevelt's Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937
If We Would make Democracy Succeed, I Say We Must Act—NOW!, Roosevelt's Address at the Democratic Victory Dinner, March 4, 1937
Fireside Chat, Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 9, 1937
One-Third of a Nation: A Living Newspaper, Arthur Arent, (First produced January 17, 1938)

Act 1, Scene 4C (What They Got)
Act 1, Scene 5 (Appoint a Committee)
Act 2, Scene 2D (Rent Strike)
Act 2, Scene 5 (Looking Forward)

Testimony of Wallace Stark
Testimony of Hazel Huffman
Testimony of Charles Walton
Testimony of Hallie Flanagan

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The Great Depression and the Arts

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