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    The document discusses two of FDR's Fireside Chats from 1933: "The Bank Crisis" from March 12th which announced a bank holiday and explained the banking system using simple imagery and language; and "On the New Deal" from May 7th which proposed different New Deal programs. It notes that FDR gave 31 Fireside Chats in total and effectively communicated his messages to the public using common words. Study questions ask how the Fireside Chats enabled a new way of communication and demonstrated FDR's leadership.

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    Jan 15 - Digital History Skills Chapter 4 Notes

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    The document discusses two of FDR's Fireside Chats from 1933: "The Bank Crisis" from March 12th which announced a bank holiday and explained the banking system using simple imagery and language; and "On the New Deal" from May 7th which proposed different New Deal programs. It notes that FDR gave 31 Fireside Chats in total and effectively communicated his messages to the public using common words. Study questions ask how the Fireside Chats enabled a new way of communication and demonstrated FDR's leadership.

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    Class Date: January 15th

    Topic: FDR’s Fireside Chats

    Two key fireside chats:


    "The Bank Crisis"
    Date: March 12, 1933
    Listen to the chat and make note of:
    ● The key elements of the bank holiday he has announced
    ● Specific examples of how he explains the banking system
    ● Examples of simple, yet powerful imagery and language that he employs
    ● The overall effectiveness of the speech
    ● Why this speech would have been so effective in 1933.

    "On the New Deal"


    Date: May 7, 1933
    ● what are the different programs that he is proposing?

    Other Notes:
    ● Roosevelt made a total of thirty-one Fireside Chats
    ● He used words, phrases, analogies, and terms that people could grasp easily;
    eighty percent of his words were among the one thousand most commonly used
    words in the English vocabulary.

    Study Questions:
    ● How did FDR's use of the Fireside Chats enable him to communicate his
    message in a way that was new and unique at that point in history?
    ● How did FDR's Fireside Chats demonstrate his leadership?

    https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/fdrs-fireside-chats-power-words#sect-activities

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