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Fireside Chats with FDR
Fireside Chats
• What was a fireside chat?– On thirty-one occasions during his presidency,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt went on the radio to talk things over with the people of the United States.
– Families would gather around their fireplace and radio to hear the president address the nation on key topics such as the war, the depression, and other key policies.
• http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/medialist.php?presid=32
Your mission…
• Get into a group of 2 or 3
• Pretend you are FDR and must address the American public on one of the following:– Announcement of a new New Deal Program– Address of the nations current economic
status– A letter introducing yourself, FDR, as the new
president of the United States
Next…
• Research your topic and identify your key talking points
• Get your assigned laptop computer from the cart
• Create a written narrative or notes• Open up the program “Garage Band”• Record a 1-2 minute fireside chat on your
selected topic• Save via flashdrive and give to me!
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