One-Room School Lunch Survey

One of my current research projects is investigating what was lunch like in a one-room school. In furthering that investigation, I've constructed a survey. If you attended or taught in a one-room school, please fill it out and send the answers to me at:

info@trundlebedtales.com

or School Lunch Survey Trundlebed Tales P.O. Box 111 Solon IA 52333. If you know anyone else who attended or taught one-room schools, please forward it along.

I have put together a program "What's For Lunch?" that gives an early stages report on what I've found so far. Find my handout for it here:

http://trundlebedtales.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/school-lunch-handout.pdf

You can fill this survey out two ways:


One-Room School Noon Meal Survey

Please return to:
Sarah S. Uthoff  info@trundlebedtales.com
P.O. Box 111
Solon IA 52333
Check out http://www.trundlebedtales.comfor more information

Please fill this out if you attended or taught in a one-room or two-room school. Feel free to copy and distribute.

Your Name:


Name or Names of School:

Location of school (city, state):

Years Attended(for example 1925-1932 or 1947-1955):

What did you take for the noon meal?
  • Did you take anything store-bought (e.g. candy bars, SPAM)?
  • What was your favorite lunch?
  • What did you hate to get, but sometimes did anyway?
  • What did you have to drink with the noon meal?
Did you have any kind of hot food at the noon meal?
  • Did the teacher make 1 hot dish for everybody, like soup or cocoa?
  • Did you bring pint jars from home to heat in water pan on stove?
  • Did you bring a Thermos?
  • Was part of noon meal cooked by mothers or students?

Did you wash your handsbefore you ate?

Where did you eat? (At your desk?At a table? In basement? Outside?)

What did you carry your meal in? Please describe. Do you still have it?  

Last Updated: March 12, 2024
By Sarah S. Uthoff     info@trundlebedtales.com