Document B: Hot Lunches for a Million School Children (Modified) Source: Speech by Ellen S. Woodward, Assistant Administrator, Works Progress
Administration.
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One million underourished children have benefited by the Works Progress Administration's
school lunch program. In the past year and a half 80,000,000 hot well-balanced meals have
been served at the rate of 500,000 daily in 10,000 schools throughout the country. ... For many
children who are required to leave home early in the morning and travel long distances after
school hours to reach their homes, the WPA lunch constitutes the only hot meal of the day
Through the daily service of warm, nourishing food, prepared by qualified, needy women
workers, the WPA is making it possible for many underprivileged children of the present to grow
into useful, healthy citizens of the future.
Question
According to this document, was the New Deal good for America in the 1930s? Explain your
reasoning using evidence from the text. Your thesis statement can be between 1-3
sentences in length.
Your Claim: The New Deal was (goody(not good) for America
Your Evidence: (you don't have to do both "good" and "bad", choose one)
Good
Bad
Your Thesis Statement:
According to Document B, the New Deal was good for America in the 1930s because