Back in the day, children would go home in the middle of the school day to eat their lunch. There would be a break in the middle of the day when every student would walk, bike, or catch a ride home to sit at the table with mom, most likely, and have a proper meal. It wasn't until much more recent that children started to eat their meals in a school cafeteria with their peers. But that's not the only thing about lunch that's changed.
The foods children have eaten for lunch over the years have changed along with the times. For example, during the Great Depression, meals were much more sparse than they were in the 1950s and '60s when meals got much heavier and heartier.
Kids' lunches today have come under much scrutiny as well. A lot of the food served in cafeterias today are high in fat, preservatives, and empty calories. Some of the packaged lunches that are available to send along with our children aren't that much better.
This look at what children's lunches have looked like over the past 100 years is really an eye opener to how much times have changed… yet, in some ways, how they've remained the same.
Some of these kids are pleasantly surprised by the meals of times past, but others? They're not sure what to think.
You have to see their reactions for yourself!
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