Penderlea Homestead Museum: A Homestead Community of the Depression Era

Visit this Depression-era community built by President Roosevelt's New Deal progra, in 1934. The museum in Willard, North Carolina is open on Saturdays and by appointment.

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• The New Deal Network The New Deal Network is an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. At the core of the NDN is a database of photographs, political cartoons, and texts (speeches, letters, and other historic documents from the New Deal period).Organized by documents, photographs, features, and forums.
• Lesson plan: The New Deal: North Carolina's Reconstruction? This lesson plan is a guide for teachers that will result in imaginary WPA interviews similar to those found in the American Life Histories, 1936-1940 of the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress website that demonstrate students’ interpretation of the question Was the New Deal North Carolina’s Reconstruction?
• Roosevelt and the New Deal Article summarizes Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies, the programs of the New Deal, and their effects on the economy and the nation, as well as Roosevelt's impact on politics.

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• Teaching suggestions: A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina: Teaching suggestions designed to support students' understanding of a 17th-century primary source document — a pamphlet produced in London at the request of the Lords Proprietors describing the economic opportunity and religious freedom available to settlers in Carolina.
• Canning for country and community: In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.
• Exploring the 1835 NC Constitutional Convention: This Internet Scavenger Hunt allows students to read the actual proceedings of the 1835 Constitutional Convention while they discover for themselves some of the significant amendments that were made. The activity also sets the foundation for class discussions about why the state Constitution was amended in 1835 and what impact the amendments had on religious groups, free blacks, and American Indians.

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• Learn more about 20th century, Farmers Home Administration, None County, North Carolina, Pender County, history, local farm history, non-profit organization, and social studies.

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In 1934, Penderlea Homestead Farms was one of the first homestead projects developed during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal Program. It helped members of the farming community who were suffering from bankruptcy and unemployment to make a living and “provide self-sufficient rural communities while easing the burden of over-crowded cities.” Each of the 300 homes that were built had electricity and in-door plumbing. In 1950, Penderlea became a community of independent farmers. Today only 99 homes remain from that period. The Penderlea Homestead Museum is located in the Sula Murphy House at 284 Garden Road in Willard, North Carolina. Send email to info@penderleahomesteadmuseum.org or call (910) 285-3490 for an appointment to visit the museum. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for senior citizens, and free for children under 12. See the photographs of the Penderlea Homestead on the NC ECHO website.