This page contains 21st Century podcasted Fireside Chats. These chats, written and created by 7th grade social studies students, will explain major events of the Great Depression.

Fireside Podchat 1:

This radio talk show format will explain the causes that led to the Crash and Great Depression. Do do that, we will discuss buying on margin, panic selling, and how the Great Depression compared with previous panics.

Podchat script:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/Fireside%20Podchat%201.doc

Podchat recording:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/firesidechat1.mp3

Fireside Podchat 2:

This podChat, in a dialog fireside chat format, will review President Franklin D. Roosevelt's immediate steps after taking office. It includes the events of the Hundred Days, and their significance in the changing format of government at that time in history.

Podchat script:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/Fireside%20PodChat%202.doc

Podchat recording:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/firesidechat2.mp3

Fireside Podchat 3:

Our scene is set in 1933, the year President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office, in a radio studio with a live audience, a character of a host and people calling in with comments and questions. With President Roosevelt jsut announcing his idea of he New Deal, many people are questioning if it will work and others are so desperate they are about to try anything at the moment. In our scene the host, Georgina Norris, with her special guest, Alice Knowall, answers her caller's questions. Each caller has their own questions and opinions, depending on their own situations. In the end, it turns out to be a fun, educational program.

Podchat script:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/Fireside%20Podchat%203.doc

Podchat recording:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/Firesidechat3.mp3

Fireside Podchat 4:

This news broadcast will explain the Second New Deal and discuss President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fight with the Supreme Court and his "court packing" bill.

Podchat script:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/Fireside%20Podchat%204.doc

Podchat recording:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/Firesidechat4.mp3

Fireside Podchat 5

Our setting is in heaven. We are three past presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abe Lincoln. We are at our weekly poker night and we are discussing the Dust Bowl. This includes unions, people relocating, what they did for entertainment and the impact that entertainment had at that time.

Podchat script:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/Fireside%20Podchat%205.doc

Podchat recording:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/firesidechat5.mp3

Fireside Podchat 6

Our goups's podcast is about the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. It also discusses about the New Deal and how it helped the labor unions. The podchat format is a live radio broadcast during the Great Depression. Madeline Lancer is the show's hostess. Christina Maceldine is the head of the CIO and Tim Mcwell is the head of the AFL. We ask and answer questions about the labor unions and the New Deal.

Podchat script:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/Fireside%20PodChat%206.doc

Podchat recording:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/firesidechat6.mp3

Fireside Podchat 7

This is podcast is a group of adults that are friends with each other, talking over the backyard fence. The are discussing how FDR's leadership promotes democracy, the difference between his leadership style and that of past presidents, and what other nations are doing at this time in history.

Podchat script:

podcast script-1.doc

Podchat recording:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/firesidechat%207.mp3

Fireside Podchat 8

Four college students are in a cyber cafe. They are all history majors and need to study for their final. They are all procrastinating, and not studying until Courtney suggests that they should all study together. They all start quizzing each other on the legacy of FDR's New Deal, and found that they learned things a lot quicker when they studied together. With added comic relief, this podcast is fun, funny, and educational all at the same time.

Podchat script:

https://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/FiresidePodchat8.doc

Podchat recording:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/FiresideChat8.mp3

Fireside Podchat 9

This news broadcast discusses the similarities and differences in the political beliefs of liberals and conservatives on the role of government. It also talks about the concerns about social security in 1930s and 1999.

Podcast script:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/FiresidePodchat9.doc

Podcast recording:

http://rockinrevolution.pbwiki.com/f/podchat9.mp3