Great Depression
Our Class Tech
Microsoft Teams
How to use Microsoft Teams with Kevin Stratvert (His YouTube channel is a useful resource for Microsoft and other types of software). We’ll be using Teams for some assignments and if we go online we'll be using it for class discussion.
E-Mail and Microsoft Office
This web site
http://historyprofessorpayne.com/
I’ve created a page specifically for this class. Elsewhere on this site, you will find a bunch of resources that we will be using or you might find helpful.
As you know, our LMS (Learning Management System) is Moodle. If you need some help with Moodle, ask or check out the Moodle Overview on the Moodle YouTube channel. The SBU IT folks have put up a bunch of resources on using Moodle when you log into our Moodle site. Wagner College has a handy overview of using Moodle for students.
I’ve assigned podcasts to the class. Many of you will already be listening to podcasts, but if you are new to podcasts here are overviews for the two main podcast apps - Apple and Google. You can also stream the podcasts on your PC or tablet.
The two big podcast apps:
Apple Podcast App Basics (My experience is that a solid majority of students have iPhones, so this will be your default podcast app.)
Google Podcast App Review (For those of you not in the Apple ecosystem, this is a good bet.)
There are at least a zillion podcast apps (link takes you to a review comparing 10) and most of them will do just fine. If you have a favorite you don’t have to switch apps. I use Pocket Casts on a Pixel running Android. You can also find the podcasts on Spotify or Stitcher.
Jan 25 to Jan 29 The Great War
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Prologue
World War I Footage (National Archives)
John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (portions of for discussion)
Feb 1 - 5: New Economy
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 1, “The American People on the Eve of the Great Depression”
The Jazz Singer, Al Jolson, Mammy (1927) Yes, Jolson is in black face.
Herbert Hoover, American Individualism (1922)
Feb 8 - 12: The Crash
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 2, “Panic”
Book Review: Liaquat Ahamed, Lords of Finance: The Bankers who Broke the World
American History Tellers, The Crash, Feb 20, 2019
Feb 15 - 19: Hoover’s Response (Thurs Feb 18 no classes)
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 3, “The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover”
Herbert Hoover Inauguration
Hoover's Stimulus Plan (1931)
Hoover, Last Speech as President
Bonus Army “Routed” (1932)
Feb 22 - 26
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 4, “Interregnum”
March 1 - 5
The Scottsboro Boys (1931)
Bonus Army Riots (1932)
Al Jolson, Brother Can You Spare a Dime
American History Tellers, Brother can you spare a dime, Feb 27, 2019
Morris Dickstein, Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression.
March 8 - 12 (Wed March 10 no classes)
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 5. “The One Hundred Days”
Roosevelt Fireside Chat 1 on Banking Crisis
American History Tellers, A New Deal, March 6, 2019
March 15 - 19
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 6, “The Ordeal of the American People”
FDR Fireside Chat 2, Outlining the New Deal (May 7, 1933)
FDR Fireside Chat 3, On the Foundations and Purposes of the Recovery Program (July 24, 1933)
Kennedy on EconTalk about New Deal
March 22 - 26
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 7, “Chasing the Phantom of Recovery”
FDR Fireside Chat 4, On the Currency Situation (Oct 22, 1933)
Hayek, Road to Serfdom, Mises Institute (portions of in class)
FDR Fireside Chat 6, On Moving Forward to Greater Freedom and Security (Sept 30, 1934)
March 29 - April 2 (Good Friday, April 2, no classes)
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 8, “A Rumble of Discontent”
NAM, Let’s Go America (1936)
Huey Long: Share the Wealth
Huey Long “Share Our Wealth” and “Everyman a King” (1934)
FDR, Fireside Chat 7, On the Works Relief Programs (April 28, 1935)
April 5 - 9: Second New Deal
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 9, “A Season for Reform”
American History Tellers, Dust, March 13, 2019
FDR and the Dust Bowl (FDR Library)
Uncovering the Dust Bowl (PBS)
Woody Guthrie Okies (PBS)
FDR, Fireside Chat 8 On Drought Conditions (Sept 6, 1936)
Franklin Roosevelt’s Nomination Acceptance Speech (1936)
Franklin Roosevelt’s Second Inauguration Speech (1937)
FDR, Fireside Chat 9 On the Reorganization of the Judiciary (March 9, 1937)
April 12 - 16: Labor (Tues, April 13, no classes)
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 10, “Strike!”
Flint Sit Down Strike, 1936-37
FDR, Fireside Chat 11, On the Unemployment Census (November 14, 1937 )
Lester Hunter, “I’d Rather not be on Relief” (1938)
FDR, Fireside Chat 12, On the Economic Conditions (April 14, 1938)
Bertha McCall on America’s “Moving People” (1940)
April 19 - 23: New Deal meets Dr. Win the War
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 11, “The Ordeal of Franklin Roosevelt”
Jane Zeigelman and Andrew Coe: A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Trailer (1939), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington first 10 minutes, Liberty is too Precious a Thing, Mr. Smith final speech filibuster,
A Night at the Garden (Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, 1935)
April 26 - 30: New Deal Evaluated (Wed April 28, no classes)
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 12, “What the New Deal Did”
American History Tellers, Progress and Pushback, March 20, 2019
Meet John Doe (1941)
FDR Four Freedoms Speech (1941)
FDR, Economic Bill of Rights (1944)
May 3 - 7: Legacies
Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, Ch. 13, “The Gathering Storm”
Dorothy West, “Amatuer Night in Harlem,” (1939)
Wizard of Oz (1939)
American History Tellers, Justice and Infamy, March 27, 2019