Chequerboard: What's for lunch on the first day of school?

SUBJECTS:  History

YEARS:  F–2

It's Shelley's first day of school and her mum shows her what's packed in her lunch box.

Find out what school lunches looked like in 1974.

Things to think about

1. 1.What do you like to have for lunch at school? Who makes your school lunch? What kind of container do you carry your school lunch in?
2. 2.What is Shelley's mother holding? Notice what the two girls are wearing. Look closely at how Shelley's lunch is packed. What food does Shelley's mother show her? What does her 'play lunch' look like?
3. 3.What food do you think is inside Shelley's lunch box? Shelley takes a paper bag with a tuckshop order for her 'play lunch'. Do you have a tuckshop at school? If you do, how do you order from your school tuckshop? What foods can you order? Ask some older adults about their school tuckshops.
4. 4.Try to find out how school lunches have changed or stayed the same since your parents and grandparents went to school. List some more questions you could ask an older adult today, such as, 'What food did you take to school? How was it wrapped? What sort of container was it packed in? What could you buy from the tuckshop?'

Date of broadcast: 19 Mar 1974

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