Letter about the School Lunch Program

Autor/in	McNatt, Missy
Titel	Letter about the School Lunch Program
Quelle	In: Social Education, 73 (2009) 5, S.198-202 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	History Instruction; United States History; Disadvantaged Youth; Low Income Groups; Federal Aid; Letters (Correspondence); Lunch Programs; Nutrition; Government Role; Federal Government; Learning Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Brief; Mittagessen; Ernährung; Bundesregierung; Lernaktivität
Abstract	One subject on which students are rarely shy to express an opinion is school lunches, which the author turns into a teachable moment for U.S. history classes. Historically, school lunches have played an important role in providing nutrition for low-income students. On February 7, 1946, in response to an urgent bulletin sent to all Florida school districts by the state's department of education, Mrs. [Janette] Morton Livingston wrote to Senator Claude Pepper. The December 1945 bulletin expressed concern that the federal government might cease to fund the nation's school lunch program. In her single-page letter, Livingston, president of the Parent Teacher Association of Fort Ogden, Florida, urged the senator to support the program. Her earnest plea was among many letters and telegrams that the senator's office received as Congress held hearings on H.R. 3370, The National School Lunch Act. This article features Mrs. Livingston's letter to Senator Claude Pepper about the school lunch program. Teaching suggestions by the author and Lee Ann Potter which will help teachers familiarize students with the role of the federal government are presented. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council for the Social Studies. 8555 Sixteenth Street #500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 800-683-0812; Tel: 301-588-1800; Fax: 301-588-2049; e-mail: membership@ncss.org; Web site: http://www.socialstudies.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10