Description
Sandra Opdycke of Vassar College’s Institute for Innovation in Social Policy explained the history of FDR's Works Progress Administration (WPA), which gave employment to 8 million Americans during its eight-year existence (1935-1943).
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Explain the origin of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
- Describe Harry Hopkin's approach to getting people back to work with this program.
- Describe the two projects Sandra Opdycke explains that were developed as part of the WPA program.
- What other projects were developed in towns across the country as part of this program?
- According to Sandra Opdycke, what were some of the perceptions of participants in this program?
- Which areas comprised the arts program of the WPA?
- Explain the allocation of funds for these programs.
- What impact did these programs have on participants?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Allocate
- Destitute
- General Motors
- Grants
- Great Depression
- Proficiency
- Proposal
- Visual Arts