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Davis, Chuck, Ed.; DeAngelis, Tony, Ed. – 1990
This book contains 16 units with 1 to 6 lessons per unit. A wide range of subject areas regarding workers and organized labor are addressed with lessons for both primary and secondary education levels. Though the focus is predominantly on grades 1-6, the curriculum can be modified to apply to various grade levels. Unit titles include: (1) "Child…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor, Labor Conditions
Download full textVan Tine, Warren R. – 1993
While the building and printing industries flourished in pre-Civil War Columbus, manufacturing languished. The manufacturing base grew and diversified from 1820 to 1850. Few unions emerged, and those that did seldom lasted long. During the Civil War business and manufacturing increased to serve the camps and prisons established in Columbus. When…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Conditions, Labor Demands
Peer reviewedReese, Lyn – OAH Magazine of History, 1988
Covers women's labor history in the United States and in industrialized nations from the early 1800s to the present. Provides primary source documents from New England workers in the 1830s and 1840s and from women workers on global assembly lines in the 1980s. Includes discussion questions. (LS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Females
