Supplemental Materials

Between World Wars: FDR and the Age of Isolationism

Between World Wars: FDR and the Age of Isolationism examines the events in the United States and overseas in the early years of World War II and then recreates the great debate that took place in the United States over the Lend-Lease Act.

Online Resources from the Choices Program

Graphic Organizers

Online Lesson: The Great Depression
This lesson includes a lesson plan, handouts, and an MP3 audio file of FDR's Fireside Chat.

European Maps
Blank, borderless map of Europe
Color map of Axis power at its peak during World War II
Color map of Axis expansion between 1936-1940
Color map of the Battle of the Atlantic

Map
Japanese expansion in Asia between 1936-1940

Map
Blank map of the world used in the optional lesson.

Multimedia

Audio (mp3):

FDR's Fireside Chat - September 6, 1936. (3:51)

FDR speaking on September 3, 1939 about the beginning of World War II in Europe. (12:45)

Roosevelt's "Arsenal of Democracy" speech. (37:38)

Charles Lindbergh speaking out against U.S. involvement in a European war (9:15)

Excerpt from Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech for use in the Day five lesson. (4:11)

Roosevelt's speech after Pearl Harbor. (4:47)

Web Links

The Miller Center
Collection of FDR’s speeches in text and audio format

The Library of Congress
Twelve hours of interviews with ordinary Americans on the attack on Pearl Harbor

The Library of Congress
Collection of 160,000 images from the Great Depression through World War II

Charles Lindbergh and America First
Information on America First that includes some of Lindbergh’s speeches in audio and text format

Books

Beard, Charles. President Roosevelt and the Coming of War, 1941: Appearance and Realities. (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2003). 614 pages.

Jonas, Manfred. Isolationism in America, 1935-1941. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1966). 315 pages.

Langer, William L. and S. Everett Gleason. The Challenge to Isolation, 1937-1940. (New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1952). 794 pages.

Minear, Richard. Dr. Suess Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Suess Geisel. (New York: New Press, 1999). 272 pages.

Neu, Charles. The Troubled Encounter: The United States and Japan. (New York: Wiley, 1975). 257 pages.

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