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The Great Depression was a time of great hardship.
Parents were without jobs, and their children went
without good food. At the same time, farmers had
produce that people couldn't afford to buy. The
government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
bought up the extra food and opened kitchens
which started the school lunch program.
In 1946, another president signed the first National
School Lunch Act to provide lunch in all schools.
Circle every other letter to reveal his name.
How many apples can you
find on this page?
School Lunches
Back to School: A History of
Colonial Kids
Turn of the Century
(1607 to 1776)
(Early 1900s)
Great Depression
(1929 to 1939)
In America's colonial times, the midday
meal was called dinner. It was the biggest
meal of the day. Most families ate this
meal together at home, even if the
children attended school.
Supper was the evening meal, and it
was typically smaller and made up
of leftovers.
Serving school lunch to children began in the early 1900s
when it was believed that many children did not eat a
nutritious midday meal. This began in Boston, but it didn't
happen everywhere.
As Kid Scoop News readers return to school, they
start to wonder, what's for lunch? And what will I
use to carry my lunch?
When people started eating lunch at work or school,
lunches were packed into pails, baskets and tins.
What do you use when you pack a lunch?
Did children in colonial times eat
peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?
Hold this page up to a mirror to read the answer.
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