Iterregnum

n New Yorker Cover Print

n March 4, 1933 by Peter Arno New Yorker

The challenging time period of 4 months between the president elect and the outgoing president can hurt our country. My eyes have been open to the political partisanship played by Franklin Roosevelt.

Overview/ Materials/LOC Resources/Standards/ Procedures/Evaluation/Handouts/Extension

Overview
Objectives	1. The students will recognize the positions of President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt during the Interregnum 2. The student will analyze a political cartoon or photo from the presentation and complete the Cartoon Analysis or Photo Analysis Worksheet
Recommended time frame	1-2 days
Grade level	10-12
Curriculum fit	U. S. History
Materials	The PowerPoint presentation contains all needed material, which are also listed in handouts: Excerpts from text, Photo Analysis, Cartoon Analysis worksheets.
Illinois State Learning Standards

Procedures
	Load and show the PowerPoint. (All excerpts and worksheets have been scanned into the presentation and can be printed off in advance.) Have students do the pre-reading portion of Worksheet #1, Freedom from Fear. When they are done, have each student read the excerpt below from Freedom From Fear by David M. Kennedy and complete the worksheet. Analyze a political cartoon or photo from this presentation and complete the Cartoon Analysis or Photo Analysis Worksheet
Evaluation
	Grade worksheet #1 and Photo/Cartoon Worksheet
Extension
	The extension activity would take the form of reading the rest of the book Freedom from Fear by David M. Kennedy (Oxford Press 1999)

Primary Resources from the Library of Congress

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Herbert Hoover Photo

Herbert Hoover, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right / Underwood & Underwood, Washington.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-110212]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:HerbertHoover.jpg

Franklin Roosevelt Photo

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-110212]

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c10000/3c17000/3c17100/3c17121t.gif

Inauguration photo of Franklin Roosevelt Swearing in.

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library , Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, e.g.,1933-92 ]

New Yorker

New Yorker Cover Print

March 4, 1933 by Peter Arno

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Handouts

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· Freedom from Fear Worksheet

· Freedom from Fear Readings

· Cartoon Analysis Worksheet

· Photo Analysis Worksheet

PowerPoint Presentation

Click on the picture below to view the PowerPoint presentation. If that does not work, right-click on the picture and select Save Target As.

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