Hi Up House: Resilience in the Canyon

This program uses the story of the McCollough family and the Hi-Up House, built in Wildwood Canyon during the Great Depression, to explore universal themes.

Through a historical lens, students investigate resilience, resourcefulness, and self-sufficiency. The core activity is comparing the family's "human adaptations" (building shelter, sourcing water/food) to the survival strategies of the canyon's wildlife.

This approach bridges historical and scientific concepts, establishing humanity as an inseparable and adaptive part of the natural world. Grades 3-5.