Pullman Porters

Another ready made  lesson collection

http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/pullman.html
Standard
8.12 Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.
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Examine the location and effects of urbanization, renewed immigration, and industrialization (e.g., the effects on social fabric of cities, wealth and economic opportunity, the conservation movement).
6.
Discuss child labor, working conditions, and laissez-faire policies toward big business and examine the labor movement, including its leaders (e.g., Samuel Gompers), its demand for collective bargaining, and its strikes and protests over labor conditions.

Lesson Idea

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Using the primary source of newspaper articles written at the era being studied, students read the found articles (Sample or their own search) , looking for specific evidence  of urbanization, industrialization, working conditions.  Was the labor movement inevitable?