100 Years Of School Lunch Padlet by Lilly Metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z en-us 2020-09-17 21:21:32 UTC 2025-11-09 11:47:00 UTC hello@padlet.com 1900s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/757076096 Lunch Item(s): Pickle, Costs 1 cent.
Facts: While Many kids went home many poor children were given a penny to buy food. Pickles were cheap but were considered junk food. ]]> 2020-09-17 21:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/757076096 1910s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/757082067 Lunch item(s) + Cost: Pea soup, rice, bread, and stewed prunes, 3 cents. 
Facts: The New York school lunch committee offered meals for 3 pennies. Kids could splurges on an extra side such as stewed prunes for an additional penny. ]]> 2020-09-17 21:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/757082067 1920s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/757087678 Lunch Item(s): Boiled beef, bread, and Creamed spinach.
Facts: Hot meals became a staple of school lunch in the 1920s. Schools began tracking students health because they feared these meals lacked complete nutrition.]]> 2020-09-17 21:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/757087678 1930s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760339298 Lunch Items: Cracked wheat chowder, Apple, Oatmeal, Raisin cookie, Milk, and a cottage cheese sandwich. 
Facts: In 1933 congress passed the Agriculture Adjustment Act. This allowed schools to buy surplus items from farmers, which found their way onto lunch trays across America]]> 2020-09-18 20:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760339298 1940s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760351977 Lunch Items: Liver Loaf, bread, butter, green beans + corn, an orange, and milk
Facts: The National school lunch program was signed into law by Harry Truman in 1946.]]> 2020-09-18 21:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760351977 1950s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760359953 Lunch Items: Orange coconut custard, Milk, Cheese meatloaf, Sasuge shortcake, and Ham + bean scallop.
Facts: The baby boom meant feeding more people, so school lunches had to ramp up production. By 1952, school lunch became a $415 million dollar business. ]]> 2020-09-18 21:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760359953 1960s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760369085 Lunch Items: Milk, Orange Juice, Eggs, Toast, Banana.
Facts: The Children Nutrition Act was passed in 1966, which added breakfast as part of the school lunch.]]> 2020-09-18 21:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760369085 1970s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760374708 Lunch Items: Milk, Buttered Corn, Fried Chicken, and Jello-o.
Facts: The USDA put out guidelines in 1979 that said school lunches only needed to have "minimal" nutritional value.]]> 2020-09-18 21:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760374708 1980s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760382238 Lunch Items: Capri sun, Chocolate pudding, Cheese pizza, Fruit Cocktail, Chicken nuggets.
Facts: Ketchup now counted as a vegetable as a response to cutting the school budget by $1 billion. ]]> 2020-09-18 21:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760382238 1990s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760386664 Lunch Items: Taco bell, Chick-fil-a, Mcdonalds, and of course soda.
Facts: Fast food companies were welcomed in school cafeterias because it helped fund the lunch program.]]> 2020-09-18 21:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760386664 2000s lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760389352 Lunch Items:  Grilled Chicken, Carrots + Celery, Baked Chips, Apple, and Milk.
Facts: Over half of U.S. schools had fast food in their cafeterias by 2005. With obesity rates on the rise schools began offering healthier snack options like baked chips.]]> 2020-09-18 21:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760389352 2010 lilly_metcalf https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760393826 Lunch Items: Low-fat milk, salad, Clementine, Ham + Cheese Spinach wrap.
Facts: President Obama signed the healthy, hunger free kids act in 2010. It drastically changed the nutritional standards for school lunches with debatable success. ]]> 2020-09-18 21:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lilly_metcalf/n7p3avw5h71t1y4z/wish/760393826