The Workers of Industrialists of the turn of the 20th century

Essential Question

Describe the poor working condition that lower class workers had to work in for such a poor wage?

Texts

Visual

Boys in a Cigar Factory

This 1908 photograph by Lewis Hine depicts young children at work in an early 20th century factory.

Lewis Hine

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

History

Economics

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

July 2, 2014

Literature

The Jungle

From a novel that raised public consciousness about conditions in the meatpacking industry, these excerpts provide a glimpse into early 20th century industrialization from labor's vantage point.

Upton Sinclair

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

History

Economics

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

July 3, 2014

Literature

Life in the Iron Mills

This short story—acclaimed as one of the earliest examples of American realism—paints a bleak picture of industrial workers' lives in the mid-1800s.

Rebecca Harding Davis

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

History

Topic

Class

July 7, 2014

Informational

Proclamation of the Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence

Sometimes known as the “Bread and Roses” strike, the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912 was an early case of an ethnically diverse, largely female workforce protesting long hours and low wages.

Workers of Lawrence, Massachusetts

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

July 2, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Thinking notes are text annotations (highlights, underlines or symbols made on the text or in the margins) that document student thinking during reading. Depending on how you structure the task, these notes can indicate agreement, objection, confusion or other relevant reactions to the text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

Put the Story in History

Put the Story in History asks students to demonstrate their writing skills when constructing an historical narrative.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

W.6-12.3, W.6-12.4

July 19, 2014

Plan Built By

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The Workers of Industrialists of the turn of the 20th century

Boys in a Cigar Factory

The Jungle

Life in the Iron Mills

Proclamation of the Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence

Thinking Notes

Put the Story in History

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The Workers of Industrialists of the turn of the 20th century

Boys in a Cigar Factory

The Jungle

Life in the Iron Mills

Proclamation of the Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence

Thinking Notes

Put the Story in History

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