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Gabriel X. Conde
Mrs.Herbert
English 12, 6th
25 September 2016
Annotated Bibliography: Income Volatility Impacts School Lunch Programs, Says USDA
Research Prompt: How do Free/Reduced lunches impact children?
Income Volatility Impacts School Lunch Program, say USDA. The Food Institute Report, 21
Aug.

2006. General OneFile. Accessed on 23 Sept. 2016.

This source specifically talks about the line between free or reduced school lunches. It

gets all its information from a study the USDA did. The text explains that the requirements for
free lunches are faulty. The households that need free lunches have a fluctuating income; they
cross the line between eligible and ineligible. The main purpose of this article was to
emphasize the connection between poverty and school lunches.
This source scored a 38 on the CRAAP scale. It is useful for explaining the connection
with free school lunches and low income homes. The source is relevant to the prompt because it
talks free school lunch numbers and their implications. The text appears to be unbiased and have
no think this writing. The evidence comes from the USDA, a reliable source, and can be
verified in other sites. The drawbacks are that it is out of date, published in 2006, and that the
source of the article is privately owned, but has been reliable, The Food Institute.

Gabriel X. Conde

Conde 2
Mrs.Herbert
English 12, 6th
25 September 2016
Annotated Bibliography: More kids rely on Free Lunch;
Research Prompt: How do Free/Reduced lunches impact children?
Brody, Leslie, and Dave Sheingold. More school kids rely on free lunch; Safety net extendes
even into

affluent districts. Record, 13 Dec. 2009. General OneFile. Accessed on

23 Sept. 2016.
This source is about the recession's impact on families and children. It uses stats to get
the point across with dramatic verbiage. Ties in the connection between free lunches and poverty.
The text takes already poor districts and ties it to other districts to show the effect of the
recession. The article points out economic health can be seen in free school lunches, the requests
every year. The way to see who is being affected by economic decline is to look at different
districts, i.e. middle/lower class districts showed a dramatic increase for food assistance.
This source scored a 41 on the CRAAP scale. It has lots of stats on, New Jerseys,
school districts. The text is dets its information from reliable sources and cites them well. The
authors are named and are professionals, and write in an semi-bias format. This article is
relevent to the prompt because it is about the federal funding given for free lunches. The
drawbacks for this source would be its publication date, 2009, and that its prime focus is on
one state and its school districts.

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Gabriel X. Conde
Mrs.Herbert
English 12, 6th
25 September 2016
Annotated Bibliography: Nickel and Dimed
Research Prompt: How do Free/Reduced lunches impact children?
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. Picador, 2001.
A journalist goes undercover and lives off minimum wage for a while. She goes to
several states and gets different jobs to test the livability on minimum wage. She inserts her
own research occasionally to give a connection between the formal this is what is happening
and personal experience. She explains the hardships she faced, even as a visitor, while living
on minimum wage. The book covers the application process along with the cutthroat
orientation process, competition. It covers the difference on survivability and livability on
minimum wage.
This source scored a 39 on the CRAAP scale. The book doesn't really give any
information on school lunches. It is good for proving why minimum wage parents would need
free school lunches for their children. The author has good credentials and is very bias, writing
her opinion throughout. The drawbacks of this source would be its publication date, 2001, and
its relatability to the prompt.