Claude Pepper Collection
Teacher's Resources
Guides (All in RTF format)
- Congressional Materials Relevant to Researchers Using the Claude Pepper Collection
- Claude Pepper's Record on Civil Rights
- Claude Pepper and Crime Prevention
- Cross-Florida Barge Canal
- Claude Pepper and the Elderly
- Claude Pepper and Labor
- Florida Legislative and U.S. Congressional Committees on Which Claude Pepper Served
- Claude Pepper and Universal Health Care
- Claude Pepper and Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Claude Pepper and World War II
Lesson Plans (All in RTF format)
- Claude Pepper - Biographical Sketch
- Biographical Sketch - Reading Comprehension Exercise
- Reading Comprehension Test (requires verification, contact library)
- Reading Comprehension Test Answer Key (requires verification, contact library)
- Lesson Plan 1 - Citizenship
- Lesson Plan 1 - Citizenship (Group Activitiy)
- Lesson Plan 2 - Political Campaigns
- Lesson Plan 2 - Political Campaigns (Group Activity)
- Lesson Plan 3 - Political Cartoons
- Lesson Plan 3 - Political Cartoons (Group Activity)
- Lesson Plan 4 - Minimum Wage
- Lesson Plan 4 - Minimum Wage (Individual & Group Activity)
- Lesson Plan 5 - Diplomacy - Cuba
- Lesson Plan 6 - Understanding Islam
Multimedia Resources (All in downloadable zip file format)
- Ask Claude Pepper - (ask.zip - 287 MB compressed) (uncompressed - 315 MB, 25 files, 1 folder). This interactive program allows one to "ask" Pepper a series of questions about his political beliefs and opinions and observations of significant events that took place throughout the 20th century. Contains both audio and video segments from oral interview sessions made with Pepper.
- Courage and Labor - (labor.zip - 47 MB compressed) (uncompressed - 49.7 MB, 14 files). This interactive program that underscores Pepper's role as an advocate of organized labor and progressive labor reform. Includes newsreel footage concerning the Taft-Hartley Bill, audio snippets from an American Forum of the Air radio broadcast, audio and video excerpts from speech and interviews concerning other labor issues.
- Claude Pepper: Eyewitness to a Century - (video20.zip - 355 MB compressed) (uncompressed - 387 MB, 2 files). This 20-minute video chronicles Pepper's life and political contributions throughout his career. Narrated by Ed Asner. The video is a bit "dated" but it serves as a quick anc concise narrative. Video is in .mpg format. Other formats are available upon request.

