american history products are now available at be c-span store go to c-span store.org to see what's new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. american history tv continues with a discussion on world war ii food rationing including troop interventions that led to modern-day processed food we heard about government policies addressing farm labor shortages and food rationing on the home front. held by friends of the national world war ii memorial this is 45 minutes. i'm very pleased to welcome karen cabana, sheep participate in our conference in 2017 so two summers ago the first one when it was national not just local.

she talked about world war ii provisions and how could be an awesome thing to teach human activity in the classroom. please help me to welcome karen. [ clapping ] >> i hope i hope everyone had a good week i did when i was here. this morning i will talk to you about the food fight or rationing. in world war ii. we all know, that teenagers and most that work with teenagers have large appetites. [ laughter ] i have one at home with a incredible large appetite.

i would like to try to engage kids with atopic, that not only fits their appetite, but also increases their appetite for learning. i find that food is often times a very engaging topic.