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WPA

I CAN GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE WPA IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTRY. I CAN IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT AUTHOR’S PURPOSE USING TEXT EVIDENCE.

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DO NOW

  • Brainstorm physical features near our community.

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  • How do these impact the way we live?

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CONNECT BACK

  • FDR was elected president in the 1932 presidential election after being governor of NYS.
  • He was a democrat and a liberal and favored more government involvement to solve the problems of the Great Depression.
  • Alphabet Soup programs were designed to provide relief, recovery, and reform.
  • Works Progress Administration was one of them- American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

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OPEN THE PAMPHLET

  • Scan the first 2 pages of the pamphlet and identify any locations where WPA projects took place.
  • Search the location using the web and plot them on the map on your paper.
  • Unifying geographic features

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WHAT DID THE WPA DO?

  • Scan the graphic on p6+7
  • Identify 3 programs and complete the chart on your paper

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CRITICISM OF THE WPA�

A Gallup poll in 1939 asked Americans what they liked best and worst about FDR’s New Deal. The answer to both questions was “the WPA.”

Some politicians criticized the WPA for its inefficiencies. WPA construction projects sometimes ran three to four times the cost of private work. Some of this was intentional. The WPA avoided cost-saving technologies and machinery in order to hire more workers.

Nonetheless, unions protested the WPA for its refusal to pay wages as high as those in the private sector.

WPA arts programs drew frequent criticism from Congress and the lay public. “Boondoggling” entered the American lexicon as a term to describe these and other government projects that critics deemed wasteful or pointless.

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/works-progress-administration

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PURPOSE AND POINT OF VIEW

  • We will read the last 2 pages of the pamphlet together.
  • While reading, annotate the reading for evidence of author’s point of view and purpose of the pamphlet.
  • Complete the paragraph independently.