Using previously unreleased primary sources including pictures, oral histories, home videos, secret White House recordings and a cousin's diary, this program explores the character of the man who stood at the epicenter of American politics for 12 of the most turbulent years in the nation's history. Includes three programs from the "presidency revealed" series on FDR and two programs from the television show "Biography.".

"Primary sources include: an excerpt from FDR's key speeches and crucial New Deal documents.". The programs "FDR : years of crisis" and "FDR : the war years" are from the television program "Biography.". This package contains a full-length "The History Channel" documentary on DVD(s) and a lesson plan on a CD-ROM that includes: short video segments that bring history topics alive, primary source documents in an easy-to-print format, a map and other visual aids, discussion and review questions, classroom activities, Internet links, and other resources. These materials correlate with national and state history standards.

Disc 1. FDR : a presidency revealed : part 1 (1 hr., 30 min.) -- FDR : a presidency revealed : part 2 (1 hr., 30 min.) / written and produced by David C. Taylor ; narrator, Edward Herrmann ; produced by Team Productions, for The History Channel (2005) -- Disc 2. FDR : years of crisis (49 min.) / a Hearst Metrotone production ; produced by Caleb B. Stratton and Deirdre O'Hearn ; written by Deirdre O'Hearn ; script writer, John O'Toole ; directed by John Alan Kane ; host, Jack Perkins ; narrator, Harry Chase ; HTV Production, A & E Television Networks (1994) -- FDR : the war years (46 min.) / a Hearst Metrotone production ; produced by Caleb B. Stratton and Deirdre O'Hearn ; written by Deirdre O'Hearn and John O'Toole ; directed by John Alan Kane ; host, Peter Graves ; HTV Production, A & E Television Networks (1994) -- History in the making : FDR (part of the "FDR : a presidency revealed" series) (17 min.) / producer/writer, Doug Stone ; host, Steve Gillon ; a presentation of History Television Network Productions (2005).