Student Objective: Analyze economic issues such as the growth of labor unions; and analyze social issues affecting children and the working class.
ANNOUNCEMENT: WE WILL HAVE A QUIZ OVER "THE RISE OF LABOR UNIONS" TOMORROW! STUDY YOUR VOCABULARY AND YOUR NOTES.
1. We will begin class by finishing up yesterday's notes, so open the document you created for those notes, then wait for me to start the presentation.
2. Click on each of the links below to gain a visual understanding of the working conditions during the Gilded Age. Be sure to take your time and really READ the articles and LOOK at the images. Also, use the dictionary extension located next to the URL address bar to look up words you don't know the meaning of so you can better understand the written material of the articles.
"Mother Jones". Personal account regarding child labor conditions in Southern textile mills.
Children in the coal mines. (Click on the links within the site to view images of child coal workers).
Haymarket Affair Court Trial. One of the convicted bombers addresses the court.
Haymarket Affair. Letter from convicted bomber Albert Parsons to his wife, Lucy Parsons, just prior to his death.
3. In your Industrialization folder create a new Google Drawing titled "Labor Movement". You will be creating a fictitious flyer or advertisement to assemble a large group of people in order to protest or strike against a working condition you are facing. Your flyer needs to be based on factual information. See this document for detailed instructions.
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