CCC and WPA

Describe what these programs built and who they hired.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 38

Rather than simply hand out money, the New Deal created jobs. Two big programs had long names, so people used letters.
The Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, hired young men without jobs. They planted billions of trees, built trails, and fought forest fires. About 3 million served.
CCC workers earned 30 dollars a month, and 25 of those dollars went home to their families. In Georgia, they helped build state parks that families still visit. Black workers were usually kept in separate camps.
The Works Progress Administration, or WPA, hired millions of people, in towns and cities. They built roads, schools, and post offices.
The WPA even paid painters, musicians, actors, and writers. Writers wrote down the memories of people who had once been enslaved. Look for a WPA mural in an old post office!

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS5H3.b — Analyze the main features of the New Deal; include the significance of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.