Day 8 Hull House and Architecture

What a dreary day. Today’s sodden adventure to the Hull House Museum was interesting in seeing and hearing about the work people did to help the poor and educate anyone who wanted to learn and how some of these programs are still in place though slightly altered to meet the needs of todays society. The push for innner city gardens to provide fruit and vegetables for theses communities was interesting. They had an interesting garden. Their problems with rabbits in the garden are about the same as mine in Pueblo West. Except mine are not being monitored by National Geographic.  Lunch was  good I liked the soup but I did not care for the lettuce. I guess our tastes have changed to meet what we grow today. Though I can imagine the horseradish flavored lettuce would have been a treat  in the past. The boat tour was interesting but would have been much better if it had not been raining. The woman was very knowledgable about her topic. She did the tour with out looking at notes and without an umbrella. 

I think a classroom or school garden would be beneficial as to the students. I think showing the students where their fruits and vegetables come from is important. I am a Project Wild and Project Wild Aquatic facilitator in the manuals there is a lesson called “What Did Your Lunch Cost Wildlife.”  This lesson has you think about what your lunch  caused in taking land away from wildlife for fields, pesticides used on the crops, trucks hauling the product to the plants, the polution the plants makes to make the product, waste the plant creates, trucks make polution hauling the product to the store, we create polution going to the store and back home again, and the polution the products containers  adds to land fills.    This lesson could be modified to have the students think about the ideals of Hull House and the inner city plight for fresh foods instead of thinking about wildlife.