The Great Depression: An ERIC/ChESS Sample

Abstract

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, is largest and oldest education information system in world. ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education (ERIC/ChESS) is one of sixteen subject-oriented clear inghouses that compose ERIC system. heart of this system, ERIC database of education-related literature, con tains nearly one million citations with abstracts, drawn from a variety of disciplines. Citations to journal articles, teaching and curriculum guides, bibliographies, research reports, and confer ence papers are included. ERIC database is available free in many large public and university libraries and on Internet. listings below are drawn from ERIC database and include both teaching materials and general background informa tion on topic. key to obtaining full text of materials cited below is unique ERIC number assigned to each item in database. Journal articles, denoted by EJ numbers (for example, EJ549890) can be copied at most academic libraries, borrowed through interlibrary loan, or purchased from article reprint services such as UnCover, UMI, and ISI. Research reports, conference papers, and other materials besides journal articles are denoted by ED numbers (for example, ED398110); paper or microfiche copies of most of these documents can be purchased from ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS), 7420 Fullerton Road, Suite 110, Springfield, VA 22153-2852; (800) 443-3742; (703) 440-1400; ; ; or copied from an ERIC microfiche collection, avail able at many libraries. ERIC/ChESS welcomes requests for general information or sample database searches on topics within social studies, social sciences, and music and art education. Contact ERIC/ChESS by telephone at (800) 266-3815 or (812) 855-3838, or by e-mail at . Background Information Brinkley, Alan. The New Deal: An Overview. Social Education 60 (September 1996): 255-58. EJ534967. This ar ticle characterizes New Deal as the single most important twentieth-century episode in creation of modern Ameri can state. Brinkley discusses astonishing range of legisla tive activity enacted to respond to Great Depression and ensuing political opposition. He frankly evaluates those programs that failed. Cohen, Robert. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Cries for Help from Depression Youth. Social Education 60 (September 1996): 271 76. EJ534971. Cohen personalizes devastating effect of Great Depression on young people through excerpts of letters sent to Eleanor Roosevelt. Young people across country responded to First Lady's efforts on behalf of poor and dispossessed. author also discusses many relief and work programs created by New Deal. Fogel, Jared A., and Robert L. Stevens. The Safford, Arizona, Murals of Seymour Fogel: A Study in Artistic Controversy. Social Education 60 (September 1996): 287-91. EJ534976. Fogel and Stevens examine controversy surrounding art works commis sioned by Works Progress Administration (WPA). Attempt ing to create work for depression-era artists, WPA often commissioned murals for government buildings. article recounts experience of Seymour Fogel, whose positive portrayal of Native Americans ran contrary to racist senti ments in Safford, Arizona. Maney, Patrick J. The Rise and Fall of New Deal Congress, 1933-1945. OAH Magazine of History 12 (Summer 1998): 13-19. EJ572677. This article recounts role of Congress in creating New Deal legislation. Maney argues that impetus for many pieces of legislation came from Congress, not from President Roosevelt. He suggests that story of